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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2011
Amr Salahieh, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jean-pierre Dueri, Stockton, CA (US);
Hans F. Valencia, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel Hildebrand, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Brian D. Brandt, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Dwight P. Morejohn, Davis, CA (US);
Claudio Argento, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Tom Saul, El Granada, CA (US);
Ulrich R. Haug, Campbell, CA (US);
Amr Salahieh, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jean-Pierre Dueri, Stockton, CA (US);
Hans F. Valencia, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel Hildebrand, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Brian D. Brandt, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Dwight P. Morejohn, Davis, CA (US);
Claudio Argento, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Tom Saul, El Granada, CA (US);
Ulrich R. Haug, Campbell, CA (US);
Sadra Medical Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention includes methods of and apparatus for endovascularly replacing a heart valve of a patient. One aspect of the invention provides a method including the steps of endovascularly delivering a replacement valve and an expandable anchor to a vicinity of the heart valve in an unexpanded configuration; and applying an external non-hydraulically expanding or non-pneumatically expanding actuation force on the anchor to change the shape of the anchor, such as by applying proximally and/or distally directed force on the anchor using a releasable deployment tool to expand and contract the anchor or parts of the anchor. Another aspect of the invention provides an apparatus including a replacement valve; an anchor; and a deployment tool comprising a plurality of anchor actuation elements adapted to apply a non-hydraulically expanding or non-pneumatically expanding actuation force on the anchor to reshape the anchor.