Patent ID: 8986375
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A transcatheter valve prosthesis comprising: a tubular stent having a compressed configuration for delivery within a vasculature and an expanded configuration for deployment within a native heart valve; a prosthetic valve component disposed within and secured to the stent; and a plurality of self-expanding struts, each strut having a first end coupled to a distal end of the tubular stent and a free end not coupled to the tubular stent, wherein each strut is moveable between a compressed configuration in which the strut extends distally away from the distal end of the stent and a deployed configuration in which the strut has a C-shape that extends proximally away from the distal end of the stent and is twisted such that the C-shape is oriented substantially flush with an outer surface of the stent.