Patent ID: 6458155
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: A61B,A61F,G01B,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for sizing fresh donor heart valves, the donor heart valves having a lumen and an inwardly-directed valve annulus within the lumen, the apparatus comprising:a sizing member having an axially-extending sizing portion with a forward end adapted to be inserted within the lumen, the sizing portion increasing in size along its axis from the forward end such that a region on the exterior thereof eventually contacts the valve annulus upon continued insertion of the sizing portion within the lumen; and a measuring bracket connected to the sizing member and having a scale portion spaced from and generally aligned with the sizing portion, the scale portion providing markings indicating the annulus size of the donor heart valve relative to the position of the donor heart valve on the sizing portion of the sizing member.