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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2007
J. Donald Hill, Tiburon, CA (US);
Geoff Briggs, Los Altos, CA (US);
Michael Sims, Montara, CA (US);
Cameron Dale Hinman, Woodside, CA (US);
J. Donald Hill, Tiburon, CA (US);
Geoff Briggs, Los Altos, CA (US);
Michael Sims, Montara, CA (US);
Cameron Dale Hinman, Woodside, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus for automatically fixing sutures used in the surgical replacement of a heart valve, including a first cylinder having a first end and a second end and an interior surface and an exterior surface, and first means for securing fixing suture formed on the exterior surface adjacent to the second end of the first cylinder. The apparatus also includes a second cylinder having second means for securing fixing suture formed on an interior surface of the second cylinder, such that the second means corresponds to and fixedly engages the first means for securing fixing suture, and the first means and the second means secure fixing sutures therebetween.