Translumenally implantable heart valve with formed in place support
AssigneeDFM Corporation
InventorsGordon B. Bishop, Do Uong, Randall T. Lashinski
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Abstract
A cardiovascular prosthetic valve, the valve comprising an inflatable cuff comprising at least one inflatable channel that forms, at least in part, an inflatable structure, and a valve coupled to the inflatable cuff, the valve configured to permit flow in a first axial direction and to inhibit flow in a second axial direction opposite to the first axial direction, the valve comprising a plurality of tissue supports that extend generally in the axial direction and that are flexible and/or movable throughout a range in a radial direction.
Claims10
1-25. (canceled)
A method of implanting a prosthetic heart valve, the method comprising the steps of:
- translumenally advancing a catheter carrying a prosthetic valve that comprises an inflatable support structure to a position proximate a native valve of a patient, wherein the inflatable support structure comprises a directional valve positioned within the inflatable support structure;
- inflating at least a first chamber of the inflatable support structure with a contrast media;
- visualizing the prosthetic valve under fluoroscopy;
- displacing the contrast media in the first chamber of the inflatable support structure with a new inflation media through the directional valve;
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- removing the catheter from the patient, leaving the prosthetic valve and the inflated first chamber of the inflatable support structure within the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.