Back to results
US 10,238,489 B2Granted
Anchoring device and method for replacing or repairing a heart valve
AssigneeEdwards Lifesciences Corporation
InventorBrian S. Conklin
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method and device for anchoring a prosthetic heart valve or annuloplasty ring to a valve annulus in a heart and a method of implanting same is disclosed. The device can include a prosthetic valve or annuloplasty ring with one or more anchors configured to be threaded or otherwise passed underneath a native leaflet and/or subvalvular tissue to secure the device at the native annulus.
Claims22
An anchoring device for a prosthetic implant intended for implantation at a native heart valve annulus, the anchoring device being formed of a biocompatible material and comprising:
- two ring portions each having an associated anchor extending therefrom, the ring portions each being planar and rotatable with respect to each other, each of the anchors having a proximal fixed end secured to an associated ring portion and terminating in a distal free end not connected to the associated ring portion, wherein each of the anchors is spaced slightly away from and runs in a continuous, unbroken fashion substantially parallel to a circumference of the associated ring portion so as to form a valve leaflet-receiving slot between the anchor and the associated ring portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.