Patent ID: 11872123
Assignee: GROWNVALVE GMBH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A method for manufacturing a cardiac valve prosthesis, the method comprising the following steps:
a) shaping human or animal body tissue in a shaping process to give the body tissue a shape and size of a cardiac valve, and
b) fixation and stabilization of the body tissue by a cross-linking agent, thereby preserving the shape given to the body tissue by the shaping process and thus obtaining a cardiac valve prosthesis,
wherein the body tissue is excised or harvested from an individual who is also an intended recipient of the manufactured cardiac valve prosthesis prior to performing the shaping process, and
wherein a diameter of the obtained cardiac valve prosthesis has an oversizing of 10 to 50 % with respect to a diameter of a blood vessel to be treated by the cardiac valve prosthesis when implanted.