Patent ID: 11969163
Assignee: CARDIOVALVE LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. A prosthetic heart valve, comprising:
an annular spacer configured to engage a native heart valve, the annular spacer comprising:
a cylindrical skirt having an upstream end and a downstream end opposite from the upstream end, wherein a spacer opening extends through the cylindrical skirt between the upstream end and downstream end thereof, and
a disc-shaped wall situated about a portion of the cylindrical skirt and extending radially outward from the cylindrical skirt,
wherein the cylindrical skirt is configured to be inverted such that a first end of the cylindrical skirt is situated upstream of the disc-shaped wall after deployment of the annular spacer within the native heart valve, the first end of the cylindrical skirt being the downstream end of the cylindrical skirt when the cylindrical skirt is in a non-inverted configuration; and

a central valve section configured for disposal within the spacer opening of the annular spacer, the central valve section having:
a hollow valve section body configured to support a valve prosthesis therein, and
at least one anchoring protrusion configured to extend radially outward from the valve section body, the at least one anchoring protrusion being configured to prevent the central valve section from moving axially relative to the annular spacer,
wherein the central valve section is configured for deployment into the heart separately from the annular spacer.