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- Patent Title: Automated heart valve manufacturing devices and methods
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Application No.: US17179111Application Date: 2021-02-18
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Publication No.: US11306423B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: James R. Cody, III , Ping-Yang Shih , Tiffany Diemtrinh Tran
- Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Current Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Agency: Edwards Lifesciences
- Main IPC: D05B23/00
- IPC: D05B23/00 ; A61F2/24 ; D05B19/02 ; D05B19/12

Abstract:
An automated system that can be used for prosthetic heart valve manufacturing or suturing procedures. The system can include a first automated fixture that includes an articulating arm and a target device holder. The system can also include one or more additional automated fixtures, which can be configured as one or more suturing arms that include another articulating arm and a needle holder. The first automated fixture can be configured to rotate a target device held by the holder to allow the one or more additional automated fixtures to perform operations such as form sutures on the target device without intervention of a human operator. The system can include a targeting system configured to provide positioning feedback to the system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210196456A1 AUTOMATED HEART VALVE MANUFACTURING DEVICES AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2021-07-01
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