ARTIFICIAL VALVE PROSTHESIS

A self-expanding or otherwise expandable artificial valve prostheses for deployment within a body passageway, such as a vessel or duct of a patient. The valve prostheses include a support structure having an outer frame, a supporting member and a valve leaflet. The portion of the valve leaflet is su...

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Hauptverfasser: FEARNOT, Neil E, ROEDER, Blayne A, PAUL, Ram H, VOORHEES, William D, LEEWOOD, Alan R
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A self-expanding or otherwise expandable artificial valve prostheses for deployment within a body passageway, such as a vessel or duct of a patient. The valve prostheses include a support structure having an outer frame, a supporting member and a valve leaflet. The portion of the valve leaflet is supported by the supporting member and is positioned away from the wall of the body passageway when the device is deployed within the body passageway.