Synthetic Aortic Valve Leaflet With Inlaid Stress-Bearing Fibers and Synthetic Nodulus of Arantzius

Reference #:

2002-038

Inventors/Contributors

Giovanni Speziali, M.D.

Description

A synthetic valve/leaflet for manufacturing cardiac valve prostheses - mechanical characteristics include anysotopic elasticity - contains stress-bering fibers and is fitted with a thicker area resembling the Nodule of Arantzius of the mature aortic valves.

Patent Status

	U.S. Patent Number 6,916,338 Issued July 12, 2005