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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2012
Applicant:
Arshad Quadri, West Hartford, CT (US);
Inventor:
Arshad Quadri, West Hartford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Edwards Lifesciences CardiAQ LLC, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/848 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/2418 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2002/8483 (2013.01); A61F 2002/8486 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91541 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91558 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0013 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0054 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of securing a prosthesis atraumatically to body tissue can include one or more of the following steps. A prosthesis can be delivered into a patient. The prosthesis may include an expandable frame. The frame can be expanded within a body cavity of the patient. Expansion of the frame can causes respective ends of both proximal prongs and distal prongs to draw closer together to grasp native tissue between the respective ends of the proximal prongs and distal prongs.