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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2013
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Mark Chau, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Marlowe E. Patterson, Orange, CA (US);
Seung-Beom Yi, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Stephen C. Geist, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Travis Oba, Brea, CA (US);
David L. Hauser, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of a method for implanting a prosthetic valve at the native mitral valve region of the heart, the prosthetic valve including a main body that is radially compressible to a radially compressed state and self-expandable from the compressed state to a radially expanded state. The prosthetic apparatus also comprises at least one ventricular anchor coupled to the main body and disposed outside of the main body with a leaflet-receiving space between the anchor and an outer surface of the main body to receive a native valve leaflet. Apparatus for delivering and implanting the prosthetic valve are also described.