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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2014
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Theodore Paul Dale, Corcoran, MN (US);
Aaron J. Chalekian, Savage, MN (US);
James Leo Kurk, New Richmond, WI (US);
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for applying liquid pressure to resected tissue may include a fixture, a papillary assembly coupled to the fixture and having first and second spaced apart papillary attachment elements, and a resected mitral valve attached to the fixture. The fixture may have a first chamber, a second chamber, and an internal panel extending between the first and second chambers. The resected mitral valve may be attached to the internal panel and may have a posterior leaflet, an anterior leaflet, and tendinae chordae. The tendinae chordae may each be attached at a first end to the posterior leaflet or the anterior leaflet and at a second end to one of the papillary attachment elements. A first group of the tendinae chordae may be attached to the first papillary attachment element, and a second group of the tendinae chordae may be attached to the second papillary attachment element.
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