Method and apparatus for heart valve surgery
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Aug 29, 2013
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Jun 12, 2006
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Abstract
A method for heart valve surgery may include providing a cardiac valve ring and suture loops connected to the cardiac valve ring, accessing a valve annulus of the heart of the patient, stapling at least one of the sutures loop to the valve annulus, and parachuting the cardiac valve ring down the suture to the valve annulus after the stapling. The cardiac valve ring may be an annuloplasty ring, a replacement heart valve, or other medical device.
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| Country | kind | publication No. | Filing Date |
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| US | B1 | US8523939 | Jun 12, 2006 |
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- 2013 Application Filing Year
- A61F Class
- 4951 Applications Filed
- 4388 Patents Issued To-Date
- 88.63 % Issued To-Date
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