Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Implantable device for use in the human and/or animal body to replace an organ valve
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Application No.: US15337676Application Date: 2016-10-28
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Publication No.: US10004598B2Publication Date: 2018-06-26
- Inventor: Franz Freudenthal
- Applicant: PFM MEDICAL AG
- Applicant Address: DE Cologne
- Assignee: PFM MEDICAL AG
- Current Assignee: PFM MEDICAL AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Cologne
- Agency: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC
- Priority: DE102012107465 20120815
- Main IPC: A61F2/06
- IPC: A61F2/06 ; A61F2/24 ; A61F2/90 ; A61F2/856 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
The invention relates to an implantable device for use in the human and/or animal body to replace an organ valve, comprising a main body having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end and the second each have an opening to provide a fluid connection through the main body between the first end and the second end; a first membrane element arranged inside or at one end of the main body, wherein the membrane element is formed in such a manner that it allows the fluid connection through the main body in a first flow direction and blocks the same in a second flow direction opposite the first flow direction; wherein the main body has a large ratio of length to transverse expansion along the longitudinal axis of the main body in a first operating state (primary form) and a smaller ratio of length to transverse expansion along the longitudinal axis of the main body in a second operating state (secondary form); and wherein the main body can be reversibly transferred from the secondary form to the primary form counter to elastic material forces by the application of a force; and wherein the main body is formed from a single wire-like element or from a plurality of wire-like elements connected to each other by means interlocking winding and/or twisting and/or weaving in the manner of a woven and/or layered fabric and/or net.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170042675A1 IMPLANTABLE DEVICE FOR USE IN THE HUMAN AND/OR ANIMAL BODY TO REPLACE AN ORGAN VALVE Public/Granted day:2017-02-16
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