Patent ID: 9011522
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. An implantable device for use in valve placement in a subject, the device comprising: a main body member defining an orifice for receiving or seating a prosthetic or bio-prosthetic valve; at least one fastener connected at least indirectly to said main body member for attaching said main body member to leaflets of a native valve, said at least one fastener including an entrainment component and at least one elongate flexible tensile coupling element connected to said main body member and carrying said entrainment component at a free end spaced from said main body member, said coupling element being of sufficient length to extend, from said main body member spaced from the native valve, through a natural opening of said native valve located between said valve leaflets; and a plurality of flexible elongate suspension elements connected to said main body member at intervals along a circumference thereof, said flexible elongate suspension elements being provided at respective free ends, opposite said main body member, with fasteners for attaching said main body member to a cardio-vascular wall proximate to said native valve, said plurality of flexible elongate suspension elements being primary tether elements, further comprising a plurality of secondary tether elements extending to distal or free ends of said suspension elements for positioning said distal or free ends and fixing said distal or free ends to a cardio-vascular wall proximate to said native valve.