METHOD FOR STERILIZING HEART VALVES

    公开(公告)号:US20210187135A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US17054505

    申请日:2018-10-08

    IPC分类号: A61L2/00 A61L2/18 A61L27/36

    摘要: A method of preparing a sterilized heart valve, the method comprising: compressing a compressible frame of a heart valve from an expanded configuration to a crimped configuration; the heart valve comprising the frame and a plurality of leaflets coupled to the frame; wherein each of the plurality of leaflets comprises a dry, unfixed, decellularized, antigen-free biological tissue that has been treated with a solution comprising a polyol or polyhydric alcohol; packaging the heart valve within a sealed packaging system while the heart valve is in the crimped configuration; and sterilizing the heart valve packaged within the sealed packaging system with one or more cycles of electron beam radiation.