Method for implanting prosthetic valve
OwnerBenjamin Spenserinventor
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Abstract
A method for implanting a prosthetic valve apparatus in a novel location which replaces the function of a native diseased valve after an Alfieri procedure. The prosthetic valve apparatus includes a one way valve and an expandable valve seating. anchoring and securing apparatus in a newly created orifice near or at the center of the anterior valve leaflet. The prosthetic valve apparatus also causes the sealing of the native valve and thus results in a solution for paravalvular leakage and regurgitation.
Claims20
A method of treating a patient with a dysfunctional or diseased heart valve comprising the steps of:
- (A) performing a preliminary edge to edge procedure to couple leaflets of the heart valve together edge-to-edge;
- (B) piercing an aperture through a first leaflet of the valve;
- (C) advancing and positioning a collapsed prosthetic valve apparatus comprising a one-way valve mounted on an expandable seating, into the aperture;
- (D) expanding the expandable seating and forcing an outer edge of the first leaflet against an outer edge of a second leaflet;
- the prosthetic valve providing an alternative passageway for blood flow therethrough, whilst inhibiting back-flow in systole.
A method of correcting a heart valve that has been repaired by an edge to edge procedure, comprising the steps of:
- (B) piercing an aperture through a first leaflet of the valve;
- (C) advancing and positioning a collapsed prosthetic valve apparatus comprising a one-way valve mounted on an expandable seating, into the aperture;
- (D) expanding the expandable seating and forcing an outer edge of the first leaflet against an outer edge of a second leaflet;
- the prosthetic valve providing an alternative passageway for blood flow therethrough, whilst inhibiting back-flow in systole.
A method of repairing a dysfunctional or diseased heart valve comprising the steps of:
- (B) piercing an aperture through a first leaflet of the valve;
- (C) advancing and positioning a collapsed prosthetic valve apparatus comprising a one-way valve mounted on an expandable seating, into the aperture;
- (D) expanding the expandable seating and forcing an outer edge of the first leaflet against an outer edge of a second leaflet;
- the prosthetic valve providing an alternative passageway for blood flow therethrough, whilst inhibiting back-flow in systole, and (E) joining edges of a first leaflet to a second leaflet.
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