Methods and apparatus for endovascular heart valve replacement comprising tissue grasping elements
CA 2842921 C · Owner: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · Inventors: Saul, Tom; Salahieh, Amr; Hildebrand, Daniel
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The present invention provides an apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve. In some embodiments the apparatus includes an expandable anchor supporting a replacement valve the anchor and replacement value being adapted for percutaneous delivery and deployment to replace the patient's heart valve the anchor having a braid having atraumatic grasping elements adapted to grasp tissue in a vicinity of the patient's heart valve.
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- Filed September 18, 2006 and granted November 3, 2015. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 18, 2026.
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