Patent ID: 9433500
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A method of implanting a prosthetic apparatus in a defective native mitral valve without requiring open heart surgery or cardiopulmonary bypass, the method comprising: advancing a prosthetic apparatus toward a mitral valve annulus, the prosthetic apparatus comprising a main body in a radially compressed state and a valve structure supported within the main body, the prosthetic apparatus further comprising at least one ventricular anchor coupled to the main body and disposed outside the main body; guiding the ventricular anchor between chordae and behind a native mitral valve leaflet; rotating the prosthetic apparatus such that the ventricular anchor moves horizontally behind chordae for capturing chordae between the ventricular anchor and the main body; and allowing the main body to expand from the radially compressed state to a radially expanded state within the mitral valve annulus; wherein, after implantation, chordae are positioned between the ventricular anchor and the main body for securing the prosthetic apparatus in the mitral valve annulus.