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SJM® Valved Grafts
ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC.
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With over 25 years of design performance, over 1,000 peer-reviewed articles, and well over 1.5 million implants worldwide, the St. Jude Medical® mechanical valve with its proprietary pivot guard design delivers significant clinical advantages.
PRODUCT FEATURES
- SJM Masters HP Valved Graft with Gelweave Valsalva Technology
- Time-tested unique pivot guard design
- Expanded cuff
- Gelweave Technology
- Patented Valsalva design
- 33% larger effective orifice area
- SJM Masters Valved Graft
- Time-tested unique pivot guard design
- Enhanced cuff configuration
- Hemashield proven graft technology
Approved for Use: United States & International
This device is approved for use in the United States and internationally.
Caution: Federal law (USA) restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician or properly licensed practitioner.
See the physician's manual for a full description of indications, contraindications, side effects, precautions, warnings, and instructions for use.
Indications
St. Jude Medical prosthetic heart valves are indicated for use as replacement valves in patients with a diseased, damaged, or malfunctioning native or prosthetic valve.
Potential Adverse Events
Possible side effects for all valvular implants include, but are not limited to: regurgitation, thromboembolic phenomena, resistance to flow, infection, hemolysis, dysrhythmias, and prosthetic dehiscence or failure. Anticoagulation is recommended for patients with mechanical valve implants.