Two piece heart valve and anchor
First Claim
1. Apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient'"'"'s heart valve, the apparatus comprising:
- a custom-designed anchor; and
a replacement valve, wherein the custom-designed anchor is adapted to engage native leaflets of the heart valve, and wherein the anchor and the valve are adapted for in vivo expansion and coupling to one another to form composite apparatus that endovascularly replaces the heart valve.
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Abstract
Apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient'"'"'s heart valve, including: a custom-designed anchor; and a replacement valve, wherein the custom-designed anchor is adapted to engage native leaflets of the heart valve, and wherein the anchor and the valve are adapted for in vivo expansion and coupling to one another to form composite apparatus that endovascularly replaces the heart valve. The invention also includes a method for endovascularly replacing a patient'"'"'s heart valve. In some embodiments the method includes the steps of: providing apparatus comprising an anchor piece and a replacement valve piece; endovascularly delivering the anchor piece to a vicinity of the heart valve in a collapsed delivery configuration; expanding the anchor piece to a deployed configuration; engaging at least one valve leaflet of the heart valve with the anchor piece; endovascularly delivering the replacement valve piece to the vicinity of the heart valve in a collapsed delivery configuration; expanding the replacement valve piece to a deployed configuration; and coupling the valve piece to the anchor piece in vivo to form composite two-piece apparatus that endovascularly replaces the patient'"'"'s heart valve.
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52 Claims
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1. Apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient'"'"'s heart valve, the apparatus comprising:
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a custom-designed anchor; and
a replacement valve, wherein the custom-designed anchor is adapted to engage native leaflets of the heart valve, and wherein the anchor and the valve are adapted for in vivo expansion and coupling to one another to form composite apparatus that endovascularly replaces the heart valve. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for endovascularly replacing a patient'"'"'s heart valve, the method comprising:
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providing apparatus comprising an anchor piece and a replacement valve piece;
endovascularly delivering the anchor piece to a vicinity of the heart valve in a collapsed delivery configuration;
expanding the anchor piece to a deployed configuration;
engaging at least one valve leaflet of the heart valve with the anchor piece;
endovascularly delivering the replacement valve piece to the vicinity of the heart valve in a collapsed delivery configuration;
expanding the replacement valve piece to a deployed configuration; and
coupling the valve piece to the anchor piece in vivo to form composite two-piece apparatus that endovascularly replaces the patient'"'"'s heart valve. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. Apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient'"'"'s heart valve, the apparatus comprising:
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an anchor having a first portion of an alignment/locking mechanism; and
a replacement valve having a second portion of the alignment/locking mechanism, wherein the anchor and the valve are adapted for in vivo expansion and coupling to one another to form composite apparatus that endovascularly replaces the patient'"'"'s heart valve. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method for endovascularly replacing a patient'"'"'s heart valve, the method comprising:
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endovascularly delivering an anchor piece having a first portion of an alignment/locking mechanism to a vicinity of the heart valve in a collapsed delivery configuration;
expanding the anchor piece to a deployed configuration such that the anchor piece displaces the patient'"'"'s heart valve;
endovascularly delivering a replacement valve piece having a second portion of the alignment/locking mechanism to the vicinity of the heart valve in a collapsed delivery configuration;
expanding the replacement valve piece to a deployed configuration; and
coupling the valve piece to the anchor piece in vivo by securing the first and second portions of the alignment/locking mechanism to one another, thereby forming composite two-piece apparatus that endovascularly replaces the patient'"'"'s heart valve. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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