Method for stabilizing a cardiac valve annulus
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1. A method for reshaping a mitral valve annulus comprising:
- advancing the distal tip of a delivery catheter comprising a delivery sheath containing a prosthesis through a pulmonary vein, through a left atrium to the mitral valve annulus, the prosthesis including a ring and a plurality of anchor members extending from one end of the ring, the delivery sheath containing the ring in a compressed configuration during the advancing step;
retracting the delivery sheath from the prosthesis, wherein when the delivery sheath is retracted, the ring self-expands from the compressed configuration to a pre-deployment configuration;
expanding an inner diameter of the ring to a deployment configuration to drive the anchor members into the mitral valve annulus to secure the prosthesis to the mitral valve annulus; and
reducing the inner diameter of the ring to a resting configuration to reshape the mitral valve annulus, wherein the ring is formed of a shape memory material, wherein the step of reducing the inner diameter of the ring to the resting configuration is achieved by the ring self-contracting to the resting configuration due to the shape-memory material,wherein the ring in the pre-deployment configuration has a smaller diameter than the ring in the deployment configuration and a larger diameter than the ring in the compressed configuration.
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Abstract
A method for stabilizing a cardiac valve annulus is provided. The method includes intravascularly delivering a prosthesis to a region of a cardiac valve, expanding the prosthesis to secure the prosthesis to the region of the cardiac valve, and reducing the inner diameter of the prosthesis to form the region of the cardiac valve into a predefined shape.
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1. A method for reshaping a mitral valve annulus comprising:
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advancing the distal tip of a delivery catheter comprising a delivery sheath containing a prosthesis through a pulmonary vein, through a left atrium to the mitral valve annulus, the prosthesis including a ring and a plurality of anchor members extending from one end of the ring, the delivery sheath containing the ring in a compressed configuration during the advancing step; retracting the delivery sheath from the prosthesis, wherein when the delivery sheath is retracted, the ring self-expands from the compressed configuration to a pre-deployment configuration; expanding an inner diameter of the ring to a deployment configuration to drive the anchor members into the mitral valve annulus to secure the prosthesis to the mitral valve annulus; and reducing the inner diameter of the ring to a resting configuration to reshape the mitral valve annulus, wherein the ring is formed of a shape memory material, wherein the step of reducing the inner diameter of the ring to the resting configuration is achieved by the ring self-contracting to the resting configuration due to the shape-memory material, wherein the ring in the pre-deployment configuration has a smaller diameter than the ring in the deployment configuration and a larger diameter than the ring in the compressed configuration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for reshaping a mitral valve annulus comprising:
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advancing the distal tip of a delivery catheter comprising a delivery sheath containing a prosthesis in a compressed configuration through a pulmonary vein, through a left atrium to the mitral valve annulus, wherein the prosthesis is a closed ring; retracting the delivery sheath from the prosthesis, wherein the prosthesis comprises a plurality of anchor members extending from one end of the prosthesis, wherein when the delivery sheath is retracted the anchor members assume a radially extended insertion configuration; expanding an inner diameter of the prosthesis to a deployment configuration to drive the anchor members in the radially extended insertion configuration into the mitral valve annulus to secure the prosthesis to the mitral valve annulus; and reducing the inner diameter of the prosthesis to a resting configuration to reshape the mitral valve annulus. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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