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2. Newly Published Data Indicates St. Jude Medical Trifecta ...

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   The Trifecta (TM) Valve. (Photo: St. Jude Medical, Inc.) Conducted at 31 medical centers in the U.S., Canada and Europe, the study followed 1,014 eligible patients implanted with the Trifecta ...

3. FDA: Recall of St. Jude Heart Surgery Device Is Most ... - AOL

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   The Food and Drug Administration has announced on its website that medical device maker St. Jude Medical last month recalled a device used in heart surgery because of the risk that it could cause ...

4. Artificial heart valve - Wikipedia

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   An artificial heart valve is a one-way valve implanted into a person's heart to replace a heart valve that is not functioning properly (valvular heart disease). Artificial heart valves can be separated into three broad classes: mechanical heart valves, bioprosthetic tissue valves and engineered tissue valves.

5. St. Jude Medical - Wikipedia

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   St. Jude Medical was founded in 1976 to further develop bi-leaflet artificial heart valves, which were originally created in 1972 at the University of Minnesota. [4] [5] St. Jude Medical's bi-leaflet valve was developed in large part by Dr. Demetre Nicoloff of the University of Minnesota and St. Jude Medical employee Don Hanson.

6. Manny Villafaña - Wikipedia

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   In 1976, he founded St. Jude Medical where his team engineered the first bileaflet mechanical heart valve, which reduced the frequency of blood clots in patients. It still dominates the mechanical valve replacement market. [4] [5] In 1982, Villafana founded GV Medical, which developed a device to open blood vessels open. [6]

7. St. Jude Medical Announces First Implant Evaluating New ... - AOL

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   St. Jude Medical Announces First Implant Evaluating New Size of Portico Heart Valve in Ongoing European Clinical Trial ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYS: STJ) , a ...

8. Abbott's heart valve repair device gains US FDA approval - AOL

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   (Reuters) -Abbott Laboratories said on Tuesday the U.S. FDA has approved its heart valve repair device for patients with a potentially fatal heart disease, just months after rival Edwards ...

9. Tissue engineering of heart valves - Wikipedia

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   Decellularized tricuspid biological heart valve. Biological scaffolds can be created from human donor tissue or from animals; however, animal tissue is often more popular since it is more widely accessible and more plentiful. [10] Xenograft, from a donor of a different species from the recipient, heart valves can be from either pigs, cows, or ...