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Percutaneously delivered heart valve and delivery means thereof

  • US 7,041,132 B2
  • Filed: 08/16/2002
  • Issued: 05/09/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for minimally invasively delivering a foldable heart valve prosthesis into a patient, the foldable heart valve prosthesis comprising a twistedly foldable support element and a heart valve releasably secured to said support element, said method comprising:

  • twistedly folding said support element with the secured heart valve within a lumen of a delivery apparatus by twisting and folding said support element by compressing an expanding metallic frame with intercrossing linear bars;

    delivering said delivery apparatus to a target valvular annulus of the patient; and

    un-twisting said support element to unfold and deploy said heart valve in place.

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