AU2011292012B2 - Transluminal cardiac ball valve and method for deployment thereof - Google Patents

Transluminal cardiac ball valve and method for deployment thereof Download PDF

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AU2011292012B2
AU2011292012B2 AU2011292012A AU2011292012A AU2011292012B2 AU 2011292012 B2 AU2011292012 B2 AU 2011292012B2 AU 2011292012 A AU2011292012 A AU 2011292012A AU 2011292012 A AU2011292012 A AU 2011292012A AU 2011292012 B2 AU2011292012 B2 AU 2011292012B2
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    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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