Patent ID: 9717591
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. A prosthetic apparatus for implantation at the native mitral valve region of the heart, the native mitral valve having a native annulus, a native anterior leaflet, and a native posterior leaflet, the prosthetic apparatus comprising: a main body comprising a lumen and configured for placement within the native annulus, the main body being radially compressible to a radially compressed state for delivery into the heart and self-expandable from the compressed state to a radially expanded state; a valve structure comprising three leaflets made from pericardium, the valve structure mounted within the lumen of the main body; an atrial sealing member disposed along an atrial portion of the main body; and a plurality of ventricular anchors coupled to a ventricular portion of the main body and positioned outside the lumen of the main body, wherein a leaflet-receiving space is provided between each of the ventricular anchors and an outer surface of the main body.