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Stentless support structure

  • US 10,080,655 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2016
  • Issued: 09/25/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of implanting a prosthetic heart valve, comprising:

  • radially compressing a prosthetic heart valve to a compressed configuration, wherein the prosthetic heart valve comprises a support portion configured to anchor the prosthetic heart valve to a patient'"'"'s native valve and a leaflet-supporting structure;

    delivering the compressed prosthetic heart valve to or near a patient'"'"'s native valve annulus;

    positioning the leaflet-supporting structure of the prosthetic heart valve supraannularly to a patient'"'"'s aortic valve; and

    ,expanding the prosthetic heart valve to an expanded configuration, wherein the diameter of the prosthetic heart valve in the expanded configuration is greater than the diameter of the prosthetic heart valve in the compressed configuration, and wherein in the expanded configuration at least a portion of the leaflet-supporting structure is drawn within a lumen of the support portion;

    wherein expanding the prosthetic heart valve comprises;

    pushing a distal segment of said support portion out of a delivery catheter, thereby allowing said distal segment to self-expand;

    pushing a proximal segment of said support portion into distal segment.

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