BIOPROSTHETIC HEART VALVES

Brand Owner (click to sort) Address Description
PHOTOFIX @ CarboMedics, Inc. 1300 E. Anderson La. Austin TX 78752 bioprosthetic heart valves;
SJM BIOCOR ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC. One St. Jude Medical Drive St. Paul MN 55117 bioprosthetic heart valves, [valved vascular conduits, valved vascular grafts, non-valved vascular conduits, non-valved vascular grafts,] and pericardial patches[ bioprosthetic repair products, namely, annuloplasty rings];
 

Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

    
Technical Examples
  1. A method for making a bioprosthetic heart valve includes providing a non-contact cutting apparatus and a layer of tissue. The non-contact cutting apparatus may include a laser cutting system or high pressure water jet system. A leaflet is cut from the layer of tissue using a predefined template, and a plurality of alignment holes in the leaflet are created in the leaflet, e.g., along a peripheral edge. A support structure is provided having a plurality of alignment holes corresponding to alignment holes in the leaflet. The leaflet is secured to the support structure by securing one or more sutures through corresponding alignment holes in the leaflet and the support structure to provide a leaflet subassembly. A bioprosthetic heart valve is made by securing a set of leaflet subassemblies to a frame.