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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2011
Shlomo Gabbay, New York, NY (US);
Shlomo Gabbay, New York, NY (US);
Edwards Lifesciences CardiAQ LLC, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for implanting a heart valve into a patient's heart can include inserting the heart valve prosthesis into a barrel of an implanter apparatus. An opening is created in muscle tissue of the patient's heart to provide a substantially direct path that extends from the opening to a desired implantation site in the heart. A length of the barrel is inserted through the opening in the tissue such that an end of the barrel and the opening are along the direct path to the implantation site. The heart valve prosthesis is advanced through the barrel to the implantation site. The heart valve prosthesis is positioned at the desired implantation site. The heart valve prosthesis can be expanded at the desired implantation site from the reduced cross-sectional dimension toward the expanded cross-sectional dimension.