Cardiovascular surgery has come a long way in modern medicine. As cardiovascular surgery is one of the biggest growing fields, the devices pertaining to this field have constantly evolved over the years and new improvements are being approved to be put on the market by the FDA. One such device is the Mechanical heart valve. Valves are very integral to the normal functionality of the heart. Their main role is to ensure the unidirectional flow of blood from one chamber to another. There are many diseases that can cause valve failure in humans. Some of these include – regurgitation, mitral valve prolapse, and stenosis [1]. In regurgitation the blood leaks back through the valve in the wrong direction. In mitral valve prolapse (the most common
