Patent №
US 8,105,375
Granted
2012-01-31
Filed 2008
Owner
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
Lab
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Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12016168
A method is provided for implanting a valve having at least one valve leaflet within the cardiovascular system of a subject. One step of the method includes preparing a substantially dehydrated bioprosthetic valve and then providing an expandable support member having oppositely disposed first and second ends and a main body portion extending between the ends. Next, the substantially dehydrated bioprosthetic valve is attached to the expandable support member so that the substantially dehydrated bioprosthetic valve is operably secured within the main body portion of the expandable support member. The expandable support member is then crimped into a compressed configuration and placed at a desired location within the cardiovascular system of the subject. Either before or after placement at the desired location, fluid or blood re-hydrates the substantially dehydrated bioprosthetic valve.
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Ownership
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
assignment · 207610466
Assignors
NAVIA, JOSE LUIS, CHEN, JI-FENG
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