Device for testing the functioning of an aortic valve

The invention relates to a device for testing the functioning of an aortic valve by placing the device on the free end of a cylindrical tubular prosthesis inserted into the aorta, said tubular prosthesis being connected, with its other end, to the aortic wall in the region of the aortic valve. Accor...

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1. Verfasser:	CARRERO GOMEZ, Francisco Javier
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	The invention relates to a device for testing the functioning of an aortic valve by placing the device on the free end of a cylindrical tubular prosthesis inserted into the aorta, said tubular prosthesis being connected, with its other end, to the aortic wall in the region of the aortic valve. According to the invention, the device consists of a multi-part housing provided with at least one through-flow channel for a control liquid, the housing being provided, on its lower side facing the free end of the tubular prosthesis, with a peripheral sealing device that can be placed around the edge of the tubular prosthesis, and at least one pressure-measuring sensor and at least one optical sensor element for video recording being arranged on the lower side.