Prosthetic heart valve devices with tethered anchors and associated systems and methods
AssigneeMedtronic Vascular, Inc.
InventorMike Krivoruchko
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Abstract
Prosthetic heart valve devices with tethered anchors and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A heart valve device configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, a valve support for carrying a prosthetic valve. The valve support can be configured to be implanted at an annulus of a native mitral valve. The device can further include at least one elongated flexible member extending from the valve support in a ventricular direction, and an anchor coupled to the valve support via the elongated flexible member. The anchor can be shaped to wrap around an exterior area of an apical portion of the heart. In addition, the anchor can inhibit retrograde migration of the valve support.
Claims21
1-19. (canceled)
A heart valve device for implantation in a native mitral valve of a heart, the heart valve device comprising:
- a valve support for carrying a prosthetic valve, wherein the valve support is configured to be implanted at an annulus of the native mitral valve;
- at least one elongated flexible member extending from the valve support in a ventricular direction and configured to extend through an opening in a left ventricle of an apical portion of the heart;
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- an anchor coupled to the valve support via the at least one elongated flexible member, wherein the anchor is sized and shaped such that when deployed the anchor is configured wrap around an exterior area of an apical portion of the heart to inhibit expansion of the apical portion of the left ventricle.
A heart valve device for implantation in a native mitral valve of a heart, the heart valve device comprising:
- a valve support for carrying a prosthetic valve, wherein the valve support is configured to be implanted at an annulus of the native mitral valve;
- at least one elongated flexible member extending from the valve support in a ventricular direction and configured to extend through an opening in a left ventricle of an apical portion of the heart;
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- an anchor coupled to the valve support via the at least one elongated flexible member, wherein the anchor is configured to be deployed outside of the heart over the opening, wherein the anchor is configured such that when deployed the anchor contracts around the apical portion of the heart to limit dilation of the left ventricle.
A heart valve device for implantation in a native mitral valve of a heart, the heart valve device comprising:
- a valve support for carrying a prosthetic valve, wherein the valve support is configured to be implanted at an annulus of the native mitral valve;
- a plurality of elongated flexible member including respective first ends coupled to the valve support extending from the valve support in a ventricular direction including at least a first elongated flexible member and a second elongated flexible member, the plurality of elongated flexible members being configured to extend through an opening in an apical portion of the heart;
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- an anchor coupled to the valve support via the elongated flexible member, wherein the anchor is shaped to wrap around an exterior area of an apical portion of the heart,
- wherein the first elongate flexible member and the second elongate flexible member include respective second ends coupled to the anchor are respective first and second regions of the anchor, wherein the first and second regions of the spaced laterally apart from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.