Patent ID: 11890187
Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. An assembly comprising:
a first delivery catheter having a distal end;
a guidewire configured to extend distally through the first delivery catheter and beyond the distal end of the first delivery catheter such that the guidewire can form at least a partial loop around the native mitral valve leaflets;
a support member comprising a first end portion, a second end portion, and a longitudinally extending linking portion between the first end portion and the second end portion, wherein the support member is configured to be advanced over the guidewire and around the native mitral valve leaflets, wherein the first end portion comprises a locking member configured to mate with the second end portion to form an annular band encircling the native mitral valve leaflets;
a prosthetic heart valve comprising an annular frame that is radially collapsible and expandable between a radially collapsed configuration and a radially expanded configuration, and a valve structure positioned within the frame; and
a second delivery catheter configured to deliver the prosthetic heart valve into the patient's heart with the prosthetic heart valve in the radially collapsed configuration on a distal end portion of the second delivery catheter and deploy the prosthetic heart valve to the radially expanded configuration within the native mitral valve such that the native mitral valve leaflets are positioned between and engaged by the annular band and the prosthetic heart valve.