Patent ID: 8932349
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A cardiac valve, the cardiac valve having a first valve end and a second valve end, the first end being open, the cardiac valve comprising: a support frame having a uniform longitudinal frame length, an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface defining a lumen, the support frame comprising: a cover, the cover comprising: the cardiac valve having a closed valve configuration wherein the first and second valve leaflets extend over the second frame end and between the convex curves of the second frame end member so that each leaflet projects into the lumen of the support frame thereby obstructing flow of a fluid through the lumen of the support frame; and the cardiac valve having an open valve configuration wherein each leaflet extends away from the lumen of the support frame so that fluid freely flows through the lumen of the support frame.