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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. 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.

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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]

  6. 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.

  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. Has St. Jude Medical Become the Perfect Stock? - AOL

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  9. Tissue engineering of heart valves - Wikipedia

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    Tissue engineered heart valves (TEHV) offer a new and advancing proposed treatment of creating a living heart valve for people who are in need of either a full or partial heart valve replacement. Currently, there are over a quarter of a million prosthetic heart valves implanted annually, [ 1 ] and the number of patients requiring replacement ...