Patent ID: 11872131
Assignee: CARDIOVALVE LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for use at a native valve of a heart of a subject, the method comprising:
advancing, to the heart:
a distal portion of a delivery tool, the delivery tool including:
a shaft that extends to the distal portion of the delivery tool,
a capsule disposed at the distal portion of the delivery tool, and including an upstream capsule-portion and a downstream capsule-portion, and
a balloon, coupled to the shaft, and disposed at least partly within the capsule, and

an implant disposed within the capsule, and including a tubular frame and one or more shape-memory flanges, the tubular frame compressed around the balloon, and the flanges constrained within the downstream capsule-portion;

exposing the flanges from the downstream capsule-portion such that the flanges automatically deflect radially outward;
subsequently, pressing the flanges against a downstream surface of the native valve by moving the implant in an upstream direction; and
while the flanges are in contact with the downstream surface, plastically expanding the tubular frame radially by inflating the balloon.