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USD471981S1 - Heart valve stiffening ring - Google Patents

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USD471981S1
USD471981S1 US29/076,617 US7661797F USD471981S US D471981 S1 USD471981 S1 US D471981S1 US 7661797 F US7661797 F US 7661797F US D471981 S USD471981 S US D471981S
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS 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
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/24—Heart valves ; Vascular valves, e.g. venous valves; Heart implants, e.g. passive devices for improving the function of the native valve or the heart muscle; Transmyocardial revascularisation [TMR] devices; Valves implantable in the body
    • A61F2/2409—Support rings therefor, e.g. for connecting valves to tissue

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FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a heart valve stiffening ring showing my new design;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the heart valve stiffening ring of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view of the heart valve stiffening ring of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a side elevational view of the heart valve stiffening ring of FIG. 1; and,
FIG. 5 is an elevational view of the heart valve stiffening ring showing an opposite side from that illustrated in FIG. 4.
The broken line showing of the heart valve annular channel shaped body in FIG. 1 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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  1. The ornamental design for a heart valve stiffening ring, as shown and described.
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