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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2014
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Amr Salahieh, Saratoga, CA (US);
Brian D. Brandt, San Jose, CA (US);
Dwight P. Morejohn, Davis, CA (US);
Ulrich R. Haug, Campbell, CA (US);
Jean-Pierre Dueri, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Hans F. Valencia, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Robert A. Geshlider, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeff A. Krolik, Campbell, CA (US);
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A method for percutaneously replacing a heart valve of a patient. In some embodiments the method includes the steps of percutaneously delivering a replacement valve and an expandable anchor to a vicinity of the heart valve in an unexpanded configuration; expanding the anchor to a deployed configuration in which the anchor contacts tissue at a first anchor site; repositioning the anchor to a second anchor site; and deploying the anchor at the second anchor site.