Patent ID: 6830586
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A stentless atrioventricular valve comprising a singular membrane of tissue, said valve having a sewing ring comprising an opening defined by a perimeter including at least a first and a second straight side portions thereof, an anterior cusp hinged continuously from said first straight side portion, a posterior cusp hinged continuously from said second straight side portion opposite said anterior cusp, wherein said anterior cusp and said posterior cusp are an integral part of a continuum from said singular membrane configured to form a substantially tubular shape for use as the atrioventricular valve, wherein the sewing ring is wrapped within the singular membrane of tissue for valve fabrication and wherein the anterior cusp and the posterior cusp further comprise texture elements at edge portions of the cusps configured to extend said texture elements for connection to papillary muscles in a ventricle cavity when the sewing ring is sutured to an atrioventricular junction of a patient heart.