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Techniques for providing a replacement valve and transseptal communication

  • US 10,531,866 B2
  • Filed: 02/15/2017
  • Issued: 01/14/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for use with a heart of a subject, the method comprising:

  • making a transapical puncture into a left ventricle of the heart;

    making a transseptal fenestration in the heart via the transapical puncture;

    delivering a prosthetic valve via the transapical puncture and implanting the prosthetic valve at a mitral valve of the heart; and

    subsequently to delivering the prosthetic valve and making the transseptal fenestration, closing the transapical puncture.

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