System, devices and methods for anchoring and/or sealing a heart valve prosthesis
A prosthesis and anchoring technology, applied in the direction of heart valves, prostheses, valve rings, etc., can solve problems such as enlargement, valve rupture, tissue tearing and leakage
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[0140] Throughout the various embodiments shown and described herein, like reference numerals will be used in the drawings to refer to like structures. Accordingly, a corresponding description of these same elements is not required and is generally not included in this written description.
[0141] figure 1 One method of mitral valve surgery is shown that may be used in connection with the various devices, systems and methods disclosed herein. Catheter 10 having a lumen and a distal opening is advanced in a peripheral vein, such as the femoral vein. Here, catheter 10 is advanced up the inferior vena cava and across the interatrial septum into left atrium 12 of heart 14 . The distal tip of the catheter 10 passes through the native mitral valve 16 . The heart 14 also includes a left ventricle 17 having a chordae 18 coupling the mitral valve leaflets 16a, 16b with the papillary muscle 19 . Leaflets 16a, 16b extend from the mitral annulus 16c. Inside the catheter 10, which ma...
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