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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
May. 07, 2019
Medtentia International Ltd Oy, Espoo, FI;
Olli Keränen, Bjärred, SE;
HVR Cardio Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an arrangement, a loop-shaped support, a prosthetic heart valve and a method of repairing or replacing a native heart valve. With the method or the arrangement, leakage or regurgitation between a prosthetic heart valve and the surrounding valve tissue is prevented. In one embodiment, an arrangement for replacement or repair of a native heart valve is provided, which comprises a loop-shaped supportand a prosthetic heart valveand wherein an outer segmentof the loop-shaped supportis positionable towards surrounding valve tissue of a native heart valve and wherein an outer surfaceof the prosthetic heart valveis positionable towards an inner segmentof the loop-shaped supportso as to prevent paravalvular leakage or regurgitation between the prosthetic heart valveand the surrounding valve tissue of the native heart valve.