Prosthesis for transcatheter valve implantation
First Claim
1. A prosthesis comprising:
- a stent structure; and
an annular frame having a circumferential border that extends in a radially outward direction from a central opening of the annular frame, wherein a width of the circumferential border taken between an inner circumference of the annular frame and an outer circumference of the annular frame is greater than an overall thickness of the annular frame taken between a first or top surface and a second or bottom surface of the circumferential border, and wherein when the prosthesis is in an expanded configuration the annular frame is laterally displaced to one side of the stent structure by a hinge segment that connects the stent structure and the annular frame.
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Abstract
A prosthesis having first and second prosthetic sections is disclosed. The first prosthetic section includes a stent structure that may contain a first prosthetic valve secured therein and the second prosthetic section includes an annular frame that may contain a second prosthetic valve secured therein. When the prosthesis is in an expanded configuration, the annular frame extends from the stent structure such that the first and second prosthetic sections are laterally offset from each other. In a method in accordance herewith, the first and second prosthetic sections may include prosthetic aortic and mitral valves, respectively, and the heart valve prosthesis is configured to replace one or both of the native aortic and mitral valves of the heart in a single transcatheter heart valve implantation procedure.
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20 Claims
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1. A prosthesis comprising:
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a stent structure; and an annular frame having a circumferential border that extends in a radially outward direction from a central opening of the annular frame, wherein a width of the circumferential border taken between an inner circumference of the annular frame and an outer circumference of the annular frame is greater than an overall thickness of the annular frame taken between a first or top surface and a second or bottom surface of the circumferential border, and wherein when the prosthesis is in an expanded configuration the annular frame is laterally displaced to one side of the stent structure by a hinge segment that connects the stent structure and the annular frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of implanting a prosthesis within a beating heart comprising:
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introducing a delivery catheter transapically into the left ventricle of the heart, wherein a prosthesis disposed within a distal portion of the delivery catheter includes a stent structure, an annular frame, and a hinge segment that extends between the annular frame and the stent structure, wherein the stent structure, the annular frame and the hinge segment are self-expanding and wherein the annular frame laterally extends from the stent structure with the hinge segment therebetween when the prosthesis is implanted in the heart; deploying the stent structure to implant within the native aortic valve; and deploying the annular frame to implant against the native mitral valve, wherein the annular frame exerts an apposition force that acts against the heart structure that surrounds the native mitral valve when deployed. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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