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Patent US8114154 - Fluid-filled delivery system for in situ deployment of cardiac valve prostheses - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsAn instrument for deploying a cardiac valve prosthesis, including a plurality of radially expandable portions, at an implantation site, includes a plurality of deployment elements each independently operable to obtain the radial expansion of a radially expandable portion of the valve prosthesis. Additionally,...http://www.google.com/patents/US8114154?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8114154 - Fluid-filled delivery system for in situ deployment of cardiac valve prosthesesAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS8114154 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/851,528Publication dateFeb 14, 2012Filing dateSep 7, 2007Priority dateSep 7, 2007Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS8475521, US8486137, US20090069887, US20090069889, US20090069890Publication number11851528, 851528, US 8114154 B2, US 8114154B2, US-B2-8114154, US8114154 B2, US8114154B2InventorsGiovanni Righini, Rakesh M. SuriOriginal AssigneeSorin Biomedica Cardio S.R.L., Mayo Foundation For Medical Education And ResearchExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (312), Non-Patent Citations (23), Referenced by (31), Classifications (8), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetFluid-filled delivery system for in situ deployment of cardiac valve prostheses
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