Prosthetic valve with tissue anchors configured to exert opposing clamping forces on native valve tissue

A prosthetic valve configured for implantation within a native valve, the prosthetic valve comprising:

• an expandable valve body having an inner lumen extending along a longitudinal axis of the valve body;
• a plurality of ventricular tissue anchors configured to extend radially outward from the valve body to respective ventricular anchor distal ends;
• and
• a plurality of atrial tissue anchors configured to extend radially outward from the valve body to respective atrial anchor distal ends, each atrial tissue anchor including:
• a rigid portion, and
• a flexible portion situated between a distal end of the rigid portion and the atrial anchor distal end,
• wherein flexibility of the flexible portion of each atrial tissue anchor is imparted through a structure having multiple curves,
• wherein the ventricular anchor distal end of at least one ventricular tissue anchor and the distal end of the rigid portion of at least one atrial tissue anchor are configured to be equidistant from the longitudinal axis of the valve body, and
• wherein the ventricular tissue anchors and the rigid portions of the atrial tissue anchors are devoid of the structure having multiple curves.