FRAME SYSTEM FOR A HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS

摘要

A frame system for a heart valve prosthesis in which a first frame has three at least three generally parallel legs. Each leg has a pair of rod portions connected at one end and diverging at the other end as lobes connecting with rod portions of others of said legs, The lobes form apertures therebetween. The legs are adapted to receive the margin of a valve leaflet between the rod portions. A second frame is adapted to nest with said first frame and consists of a rod congruent with the connecting lobe so that the leaflets may be secured to and between the frames.