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Heart valve prosthesis with collapsible valve and method of delivery thereof

  • US 9,750,604 B2
  • Filed: 04/02/2014
  • Issued: 09/05/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A prosthetic cardiac valve support device comprising:

  • an annular support element configured for positioning at or near a native heart valve annulus;

    at least two valve support extensions shaped to extend through commissures of the native heart valve for supporting a flexible valve; and

    at least two anchoring extensions;

    attached at one end to said annular support element, and extending in an opposite direction towards an unattached end;

    in a form of hooks shaped for anchoring said annular support element to tissue;

    all of the anchoring extensions being adapted to extend through commissures of a native heart valve without interfering with movement of native heart valve leaflets; and

    the anchoring extensions shaped to prevent said annular support element from shifting upstream relative to the native heart valve annulus.

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