Rolled minimally-invasive heart valves and methods of use

A prosthetic heart valve suitable for minimally invasive delivery to an annulus of a patient's heart valve, comprising:

• a generally sheet-like stent body having a first, contracted configuration in which the stent body is spirally-wound about an axis such that at least one winding of the stent body surrounds another winding, and a second, expanded configuration in which the stent body is substantially unwound and at least partly forms a rube centered about the axis and sized to engage the patient's heart valve annulus;
• and
• a plurality of flexible, biocompatible membranes incorporated into the stent body to form heart valve leaflets in the second configuration,
• wherein the stent body is formed of a single stent having an anchoring section on an inflow end, a sinus section, and an outflow section, the sinus section being between the anchoring section and outflow section and having apertures for receiving the flexible biocompatible membranes that form occluding surfaces of the valve.

A method of prosthetic heart valve implantation, comprising:

• providing a prosthetic heart valve in a spirally-wound contracted configuration;
• delivering the prosthetic heart valve in the contracted configuration through a delivery tube to a heart valve annulus;
• and
• unfurling the prosthetic heart valve from the contracted configuration to an expanded configuration that engages the-heart valve annulus,
• wherein the prosthetic heart valve comprises a two-piece stent body with a primary stent and a secondary stent, and wherein the steps of delivering and unfurling comprises delivering and unfurling the primary stein first and ten delivering and unfurling the secondary stent within the primary stent.