A MECHANICAL PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR THE PROVISION OF SURFACE ANTICOAGULATION THEREON

摘要

A MECHANICAL PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR THE PROVISION OF SURFACE ANTICOAGULATION THEREON A mechanical prosthetic heart valve assembly for the provision of surface anticoagulation by generating an electrostatic field of a plurality of negatively charged ions thereon, acting as neo-endothelium on the mechanical prosthetic heart valve assembly, referred as Surface Anticoagulation by Electrical Neo-endothelialization (SAEN). The mechanical prosthetic heart valve assembly comprises a mechanical prosthetic heart valve housing; a pair of mechanical prosthetic heart valve discs; a mechanical prosthetic heart valve sewing ring; an implantable pulse generator serving as a source of electricity for generating the electrostatic field of the plurality of negatively charged ions thereon the surface of the mechanical prosthetic heart valve assembly; a pulse generator bipolar lead connected to the outer surface of the mechanical prosthetic heart valve housing (102), using an electrode; and a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) graft sutured to margins of a fenestration on the mechanical prosthetic heart valve sewing ring. To be continued with Figure 4