INTRODUCTION: After the development of carbon cardiac disc valve covered with heterologous pericardium with good clinical results after two years, the authors developed the first brazilian carbon bileaflet valve. The finality was to have a valve with low level of noise, recovered with biological material for improving the annulus valve healing and reduce the exposed synthetic material in blood stream. Linning the valve with biologic material is a tentative to reduce the morbidity and mortality on respect of thrombosis, thromboembolism, reoperations and minor use of anticoagulants to reduce the haemorrhagic events. Some principles were established on hybrid valve: durable mechanical system, points of contact without biologic material, use of biologic material with minor organic reaction, preferential closing system with superposition on a track seat and loose points for accept biologic material limited growth. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The bileaflet valve has horizontal closing with points of articulation in the internal face of valve ring, made of CARBOLITE (hardened polymeric carbon). The valve is made in three models: only in carbon (equal to other valves), one model recovered with biologic material and a model with silicone elastomer track seat recovered with heterologous pericardium, intended to be noiseless, conserved in glycerin. There are two aortic patients with the second model with two and three months of evolution with oral anticoagulations. RESULTS: The cases have a short time of evolution with good results. The model with silicone elastomer track seat is in fatigue test system and does not have any rupture after 30 days, equivalent to 1.4 years of clinic use. CONCLUSIONS: The Biplus valve shows adequate design for receiving the biological material and for work with silicone elastomer track seat alowing a noiseless valve for better patients confort.
Heartvalves; Biocompatible materials; Heartvalves prosthesis; Blood vessels prosthesis