Patent ID: 9480560
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A method of delivering an intralumenal frame assembly to a native mitral valve, the native mitral valve having a native mitral valve annulus, the method comprising: delivering the intralumenal frame assembly mounted on a delivery device to the native mitral valve while the intralumenal frame assembly is in a radially compacted state, wherein a tether at least partially encircles a portion of the intralumenal frame assembly during delivery, the tether configured to radially restrain a portion of the intralumenal frame assembly, the intralumenal frame assembly comprising: deploying the intralumenal frame assembly so that the foreshortening portion of the frame expands within the plane of the native mitral valve annulus while the intralumenal frame assembly remains tethered with a first end and a second end of the tether extending proximally past the proximal end of the frame; wherein after the intralumenal frame assembly has been fully deployed at the native mitral valve, a diameter of the middle portion of the frame is greater than a diameter of the proximal end of the frame, the proximal anchors are located on a first side of the plane of the native mitral valve annulus and the distal anchors are located on a second side of the plane of the native mitral valve annulus.