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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
May. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Amr Salahieh, Saratoga, CA (US);
Daniel K. Hildebrand, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tom Saul, El Granada, CA (US);
Assignee:
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/88 (2006.01); A61F 2/848 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2412 (2013.01); A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/2439 (2013.01); A61F 2/24 (2013.01); A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61F 2/2433 (2013.01); A61F 2/848 (2013.01); A61F 2/88 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0033 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0058 (2013.01); A61F 2230/005 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0054 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0078 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0069 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes an expandable anchor supporting a replacement valve, the anchor and replacement valve being adapted for percutaneous delivery and deployment to replace the patient's heart valve, the anchor having a braid having atraumatic grasping elements adapted to grasp tissue in a vicinity of the patient's heart valve.