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Medical device for treating a heart valve insufficency

  • US 9,918,835 B2
  • Filed: 04/14/2016
  • Issued: 03/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An endoprosthesis comprising:

  • a plurality of first arches configured to be respectively positioned within a plurality of pockets of a native heart valve on a first side of a plurality of native valve leaflets, each first arch having an apex oriented in a first direction and an open end joined to an open end of an adjacent first arch;

    a plurality of second arches each having an apex oriented in the first direction and configured to be positioned on a second side of the plurality of native valve leaflets, such that the plurality of native valve leaflets are positioned radially inward of at least a portion of the plurality of first arches and radially outward of at least a portion of the plurality of second arches when the endoprosthesis is implanted; and

    a prosthetic valve attached to the plurality of second arches such that at least part of the prosthetic valve extends from the plurality of second arches transversely across an interior of the endoprosthesis.

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