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Medical device for treating a heart valve insufficiency

  • US 10,543,084 B2
  • Filed: 02/06/2018
  • Issued: 01/28/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of treating a native heart valve, the method comprising:

  • introducing an endoprosthesis into a patient'"'"'s vasculature through a femoral artery in a proximal direction towards the native heart valve, wherein the endoprosthesis includes a plurality of first arches, each first arch having an apex pointing in the proximal direction;

    positioning the plurality of first arches of the endoprosthesis relative to the native heart valve by placing the apex of each first arch within a respective pocket of the native heart valve, each first arch having an open end opposite the apex and joined to an open end of an adjacent first arch; and

    positioning a plurality of second arches of the endoprosthesis radially inward of the plurality of first arches, such that the native heart valve is positioned radially inward of at least a portion of the plurality of first arches and radially outward of at least a portion of the plurality of second arches;

    wherein the endoprosthesis includes a prosthetic valve attached to the plurality of second arches, and at least part of the prosthetic valve extends from the plurality of second arches transversely across an interior of the endoprosthesis.

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