A Device for Aortic Root and Valve Visualization and Aortic Valve Leakage Measurement

The present invention relates to a device for the simultaneous intraoperative leak testing and visualisation of heart valve seat and/or functioning during a valve-sparing aortic root replacement or aortic valve repair, the device comprising an end cap (1) configured to engage with, and to sealingly...

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Hauptverfasser:	BARDYA ARABKHANI, MARCUS ALEXANDER VAN BARNEVELD, MARK GERARD HAZEKAMP, DIRK PIETER BRUIN
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 present invention relates to a device for the simultaneous intraoperative leak testing and visualisation of heart valve seat and/or functioning during a valve-sparing aortic root replacement or aortic valve repair, the device comprising an end cap (1) configured to engage with, and to sealingly close an opening of a graft, the end cap comprising a) a backing portion; b) a connector portion formed integrally with the backing portion, configured to sealingly close different sizes of graft diameters; c) a view port positioned in the backing portion and protruding along a central axis from the backing portion through a least part of the connector portion; and d) at least one fluid conduit element (3) configured to bring the interior of the end cap (1) in fluid communication with the exterior of the end cap.