The new St. Jude Medical regent mechanical heart valve | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由DKWalker著作·1999·被引用50次—Backgroundandaimofthestudy:TheSt.JudeMedical(SJM)mechanicalheartvalvewasthefirstbileafletvalvewithleafletsandorificeallfabricated ...

Background and aim of the study: The St. Jude Medical (SJM) mechanical heart valve was the first bileaflet valve with leaflets and orifice all fabricated from pyrolytic carbon. In 1992, a supra-annular cuff configuration, the SJM mechanical heart valve Hemodynamic Plus Series (HP), was introduced, which gave a one-size gain in orifice area over the standard valve. In a continuing effort to improve hydrodynamic performance, a new enhanced configuration of the mechanical valve - the SJM Regent valve - has been developed. The blood-contacting components of the SJM Regent valve have the same design features as those of the standard or HP valve, but the orifice lumen area has been increased, without compromising structural integrity, by a shift in the cuff-retaining orifice rims.

Methods: Valve performance has been measured using a laboratory simulation of the left heart system. Three samples of both val...