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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2012
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Sarah Ahlberg, Mounds View, MN (US);
Cynthia Clague, Mounds View, MN (US);
Susan Peterson, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Scott Mosher, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Karan Punga, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods for delivering a sealing element post-implantation of valve prosthesis that functions to occlude or fill gaps present between the valve prosthesis and the native valve tissue, thereby reducing, minimizing, or eliminating leaks there through. In a first method, an injectable material is placed within a native valve sinus to form a sealing element that presses native valve leaflets against an outer surface of a heart valve prosthesis. In a second method, an injectable sealing material or a preformed annular sealing component is positioned between the outer surface or perimeter of a heart valve prosthesis and native heart valve tissue. In a third method, a preformed sealing element or component is placed within a heart valve prosthesis to press the prosthesis against native valve tissue.