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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2020
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Niall Duffy, Galway, IE;
Joshua Dwork, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods of deploying and securing a heart valve prosthesis are disclosed. A heart valve prosthesis having a plurality of anchor guides is loaded within a catheter-based delivery device, wherein each of the anchor guides is releasably engaged by a respective elongate member and wherein tensioning of the elongate members aids in collapsing the prosthesis during loading. The delivery device is advanced via a transcatheter procedure to position the heart valve prosthesis at an implantation site. The heart valve prosthesis undergoes controlled deployment by controlling the release of tension on the elongate members. After deployment of the heart valve prosthesis, an anchor tool is advanced along at least one elongate guide member to the anchor guide associated therewith and positioned at a securement site. When the securement site is reached, an anchor clip is released from the anchor tool to secure the prosthesis to the heart.