Patent ID: 11903824
Assignee: INNOVHEART S.R.L.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 2:
3. A method for producing a prosthesis for a native cardiac valve, comprising the steps of:
providing a prosthesis for a cardiac valve comprising prosthetic leaflets which are intended to functionally replace the native leaflets of a cardiac valve following the implantation of the cardiac prosthesis, and a prosthetic member on which there are mounted the prosthetic leaflets and which is intended to take up a stable, predetermined functional configuration in which the prosthetic member and the prosthetic leaflets reproduce a functionally correct configuration for physiological replacement of the native cardiac valve, and
preconfiguring the prosthetic member to be fixed in position in an altered, temporary functional configuration that temporarily physiologically replaces the native cardiac valve, in which the prosthetic member is allowed to expand to a greater extent from that provided for in said stable, predetermined functional configuration, and/or in accordance with a different geometry, moving from one shape to another shape while a perimeter thereof is not reduced in respect to that provided for in said stable, predetermined functional configuration, and so as to move gradually during use from the altered, temporary functional configuration to the stable, predetermined functional configuration that stably physiologically replaces the native cardiac valve.