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  • adjective Relating to a bioprosthesis

Etymologies

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From bio- +‎ prosthetic

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Examples

  • The Carpentier-Edwards PERIMOUNT Magna Mitral Ease heart valve is a pericardial tissue-based bioprosthetic device for patients requiring replacement of diseased mitral heart valves.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2010

  • The Carpentier-Edwards PERIMOUNT Magna Mitral Ease heart valve is a pericardial tissue-based bioprosthetic device for patients requiring replacement of diseased mitral heart valves.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2010

  • The Carpentier-Edwards PERIMOUNT Magna Mitral Ease heart valve is a pericardial tissue-based bioprosthetic device for patients requiring replacement of diseased mitral heart valves.

    Edwards Lifesciences Launches Magna Mitral Ease Valve - Yahoo! Finance 2010

  • The Carpentier-Edwards PERIMOUNT Magna Mitral Ease heart valve is a pericardial tissue-based bioprosthetic device for patients requiring replacement of diseased mitral heart valves.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2010

  • ValveXchange, Inc. The company is trying to implement a bioprosthetic valve system, designed for both mitral and aortic positions, that can last a lifetime, albeit an occasional tuneup.

    Medgadget 2009

  • The National Institutes of Health has awarded Naren Vyavahare, Hunter Endowed Chair and professor of bioengineering at Clemson University, more than $1.5 million over four years to develop durable bioprosthetic heart valves.

    news | SJ | http://www.goupstate.com 2008

  • Designed for the treatment of mitral valve disease, one of the most common forms of heart valve disease in the world, the PERIMOUNT Magna mitral valve is a pericardial tissue-based bioprosthetic device that replaces a patient's diseased mitral valve.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2008

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