Patent ID: 9393114
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. Apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve comprising: a delivery sheath; a deployment tool comprising a plurality of anchor actuating elements; an expandable anchor adapted to be disposed within the sheath and expanded by the deployment tool following deployment of the expandable anchor from the sheath, a replacement valve adapted to be disposed within the sheath for delivery to the vicinity of a heart valve; wherein the plurality of anchor actuating elements are adapted to apply a proximally directed force to a distal portion of the expandable anchor; a plurality of first members attached to the distal portion of the expandable anchor; a plurality of second members individually releasably attached to the first members; and a plurality of lock elements fixedly attached to a proximal portion of the expandable anchor and adapted to engage the plurality of first members to lock the expandable anchor in a deployed shape, wherein each of the first members is adapted to support the replacement valve within the expandable anchor, further wherein the plurality of second members each have a first position adapted to prevent release of the first member from the releasably attached second member and a second position adapted to permit release of the first member from the releasably attached second member, wherein a second member of the plurality of second members is attached to one of the plurality of anchor actuating elements of the deployment tool; wherein each first member of the plurality of first members further comprises a longitudinal lumen disposed within the proximal portion of the first member, said lumen being adapted to releasably receive one of the plurality of second members; wherein the lumen within the proximal portion of the first member includes one or more recesses formed within the lumen; wherein in the first position, one or more projections associated with the second member are contained within the first member, wherein the one or more recesses are adapted to releasably receive the one or more projections associated with the second member when the second member is in the first position.