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Method of treating a patient using a retrievable transcatheter prosthetic heart valve

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  • US 10,449,040 B2
  • Filed: 10/19/2016
  • Issued: 10/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of implanting a prosthetic valve within a heart, the method comprising:

  • translumenally advancing a prosthetic valve comprising an inflatable structure to a position proximate a native valve of the heart, the inflatable structure including a distal ring and a proximal ring;

    inflating the distal ring distal to the native valve; and

    inflating the proximal ring proximal to the native valve after inflating the distal ring.

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