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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2012
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York, Albany, NY (US);
The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (US);
Danny Bluestein, Melville, NY (US);
Thomas E. Claiborne, Bayport, NY (US);
Marvin J. Slepian, Tucson, AZ (US);
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York, Albany, NY (US);
The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (US);
Abstract
A polymeric valve which may include a heart valve, and also may include a trileaflet heart valve includes a stent having a base and a plurality of outwardly extending posts from the base and equidistant from each other. A plurality of leaflets each connected to a corresponding one of the posts at one end, and each of the leaflets connected to the base. Each of the leaflets having an operative end opposite the end connected to the post, and the operative ends of the leaflets being biased in a closed position such that the operative ends abut each other. The operative ends are configured to rhythmically open and close in relation to each other, and the leaflets include multiple cross sectional thicknesses at different portions of the leaflets.