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Device for placement in the tricuspid annulus

  • US 9,925,043 B2
  • Filed: 03/10/2016
  • Issued: 03/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for implantation at or near an annulus of a heart valve comprising:

  • at least one flexible blood flow control element having an expanded state with a convex shape sized to cover at least a portion of the annulus of the heart valve and said convex shape having an internal volume adapted to capture a volume of blood therein, anda curved support element configured to fit and be anchored to at least a portion of the annulus between an upstream chamber and a downstream chamber, said blood flow control element coupled to at least two points across said curved support element to extend said blood flow control element across said annulus when said curved support element is anchored to said annulus, said blood flow control element configured to extend away from said curved support element in said expanded state toward said upstream chamber such that said internal volume is at least partially inside an upstream chamber during downstream chamber systole when said curved support element is anchored to said natural annulus.

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