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Folding ring prosthetic heart valve

  • US 10,610,359 B2
  • Filed: 11/07/2018
  • Issued: 04/07/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus for use at a native heart valve of a subject, the apparatus comprising:

  • an implant, dimensioned for transluminal advancement to the native heart valve, and comprising;

    a plurality of metal segments, coupled at a plurality of joints to define a ring in which the plurality of joints alternate between upper joints and lower joints disposed along the ring; and

    a plurality of anchors, each of the anchors coupled to the ring at a respective one of the joints; and

    a tool, couplable to the implant, and configured to anchor the implant at the native heart valve by rotation of the anchors,wherein the implant has an implanted state in which the plurality of anchors are arranged circumferentially around the ring, on a plane that is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the ring.

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