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Autus Valve | The expandable artificial heart valve

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(Image Credit: Boston Children’s Hospital (Boston, MA, USA) The researchers found inspiration for developing the heart valve from a device that imitated the bi-leaflet function of a venous valve in leg veins. Observing that, the researchers hypothesized that they could also adapt the same process to the heart.