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Transcatheter mitral valve prosthesis

  • US 9,248,014 B2
  • Filed: 04/21/2015
  • Issued: 02/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A prosthetic mitral valve for anchoring in a patient'"'"'s heart having a native mitral valve, said prosthetic mitral valve comprising:

  • an anchor having a collapsed configuration for delivery to the heart and an expanded configuration for anchoring the prosthetic mitral valve to the native mitral valve,wherein the anchor comprises a ventricular skirt comprising a first trigonal anchoring tab disposed on an anterior portion of the ventricular skirt extending radially outward and facing toward an atrium of the patient'"'"'s heart when the anchor is in the expanded configuration, the first trigonal anchoring tab configured to engage a first fibrous trigone on a first side of an anterior leaflet of the patient'"'"'s native mitral valve such that the anterior leaflet is disposed between the first trigonal anchoring tab and an anterior surface of the anchor when the anchor is in the expanded configuration and anchored to the native mitral valve and configured such that adjacent chordae tendineae are disposed between the first trigonal anchoring tab and the anterior surface of the anchor when the anchor is in the expanded configuration and anchored to the native mitral valve.

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