Multiple Orifice Implantable Heart Valve and Methods of Implantation
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorPhilipp Bonhoeffer
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Abstract
A surgically implantable multiple orifice heart valve having a valve frame with at least two orifices, each of which can accommodate a tissue valve. The multiple orifice heart valve includes a stent frame having a first side, an opposite second side, and multiple orifices or opening, each of which extends from the first side to the second side of the stent frame and is adjacent to at least one of the other multiple orifices or openings.
Claims11
1-9. (canceled)
A stent assembly comprising a first stent barrel, a second stent barrel adjacent to the first stent barrel, and a stent frame surrounding an outermost periphery of the first and second stent barrels.
16-17. (canceled)
A method of replacing a surgically implanted multiple orifice valve assembly in a patient, comprising the step of percutaneously delivering a replacement valve to at least one orifice of the valve assembly, wherein each replacement valve comprises at least one anchoring structure that is engageable with at least one docking feature of the multiple orifice valve assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.