Intra-annular mounting frame for aortic valve repair
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1. An intra-annular mounting frame for an aortic valve having native aortic cusps, comprising:
- a frame body including native leaflet reorienting curvatures and interconnecting points and posts;
the curvatures shaped to be received inside the valve below the native aortic cusps and to reorient the native aortic cusps within the aortic valve;
each of the curvatures extending only concavely upward from a reference latitudinal plane tangential to each curvature'"'"'s base;
the interconnecting points connecting the curvatures to form the mounting frame; and
the posts extending radially outward from a central longitudinal axis of the frame.
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Abstract
An intra-annular mounting frame for an aortic valve having native aortic cusps is provided which includes a frame body with native leaflet reorienting curvatures and interconnecting points; the curvatures shaped to be received inside the valve below the native aortic cusps and to reorient the native aortic cusps within the aortic valve, where each of the curvatures extends concavely upward from a reference latitudinal plane tangential to each curvature'"'"'s base.
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24 Claims
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1. An intra-annular mounting frame for an aortic valve having native aortic cusps, comprising:
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a frame body including native leaflet reorienting curvatures and interconnecting points and posts; the curvatures shaped to be received inside the valve below the native aortic cusps and to reorient the native aortic cusps within the aortic valve; each of the curvatures extending only concavely upward from a reference latitudinal plane tangential to each curvature'"'"'s base; the interconnecting points connecting the curvatures to form the mounting frame; and the posts extending radially outward from a central longitudinal axis of the frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22)
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21. An intra-annular mounting frame for an aortic valve having native aortic cusps, comprising:
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a frame body including native leaflet reorienting curvatures and interconnecting points and posts; the curvatures shaped to be received inside the valve below the native aortic cusps and to reorient the native aortic cusps within the aortic valve; each of the curvatures extending only concavely upward from a reference latitudinal plane tangential to each curvature'"'"'s base; the interconnecting points connecting the curvatures to form the mounting frame; and the posts extending radially outward at about greater than 90 degrees to about 120 degrees from the reference latitudinal plane.
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23. An intra-annular mounting frame for an aortic valve having native aortic cusps, comprising:
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a frame body including native leaflet reorienting curvatures and interconnecting points with each interconnecting point extending into a continually narrowing tip; the curvatures shaped to be received inside the valve below the native aortic cusps and to reorient the native aortic cusps within the aortic valve; each of the curvatures extending only concavely upward from a reference latitudinal plane tangential to each curvature'"'"'s base; the interconnecting points connecting the curvatures to form the mounting frame; and the continually narrowing tips extending radially outward from a central longitudinal axis of the frame.
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24. An intra-annular mounting frame for an aortic valve having native aortic cusps, comprising:
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a frame body including native leaflet reorienting curvatures and interconnecting points each extending into a continually narrowing tip; the curvatures shaped to be received inside the valve below the native aortic cusps and to reorient the native aortic cusps within the aortic valve; each of the curvatures extending only concavely upward from a reference latitudinal plane tangential to each curvature'"'"'s base; the interconnecting points connecting the curvatures to form the mounting frame; and the continually narrowing tips extending radially outward at about greater than 90 degrees to about 120 degrees from the reference latitudinal plane.
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