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Self-expandable medical instrument for treating defects in a patient's heart

  • US 8,062,355 B2
  • Filed: 11/03/2006
  • Issued: 11/22/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A replacement valve for use within a human body comprising:

  • a valve component; and

    a stent component comprising a first section having a first state during insertion of the stent component and a second, laterally-inverted inside-out state when deployed, a second section for housing the valve component, and a third section,wherein the first section, when in the second, laterally inverted inside-out state, is configured to be positioned on a first side of a leaflet of a native valve radially outward of the leaflet and radially inward of a vessel wall when the third section is positioned on a second side of the native valve, opposite the first side, andwherein the second section has a cross sectional size smaller than the cross sectional size of the first section and the cross sectional size of the third section.

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