Patent ID: 8349003
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of implanting a heart valve repair device, the method comprising: providing a heart valve repair device; receiving a suture locking assembly including: a rim extending along an outer periphery of the heart valve repair device, the rim defining a first flange and a second flange spaced from the first flange, and a suture band maintained between the first flange and the second flange; positioning the heart valve repair device, and the suture locking assembly within a patient; sewing a suture through a patient's valvular rim in a first position relative the rim and the suture band; wherein the suture extends at least partially between the rim and the suture band in the first position; and pulling the suture to a second position relative the rim and the band, wherein the suture is secured with respect to the rim and the suture band in the second position, the second position is at least partially defined near an outer periphery of the rim; wherein securing the suture in the second position at least partially secures the heart valve repair device with respect to the patient's valvular rim.