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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2007
Applicants:
Bjarne Bergheim, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Keith E. Myers, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Jeffrey P. Dumontelle, Irvine, CA (US);
Christine Nguyen, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Inventors:
Bjarne Bergheim, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Keith E. Myers, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Jeffrey P. DuMontelle, Irvine, CA (US);
Christine Nguyen, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic3F Therapeutics, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/2409 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0041 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0054 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides valve prostheses adapted to be initially crimped in a narrow configuration suitable for catheterization through body ducts to a target location and adapted to be deployed by exerting substantially radial forces from within by means of a deployment device to a deployed state in the target location.