Patent ID: 8551160
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A valve prosthesis, comprising: a first stent component including (i) a first portion disposed at a proximal end of the first stent component that is positionable radially outward from at least a portion of a native leaflet of a native heart valve and radially inward of a vessel wall adjacent the native heart valve when the first stent component is implanted relative to the native heart valve, and (ii) a second portion disposed at a distal end of the first stent component, opposite the proximal end, wherein the distal end of the first stent component is positioned farther away from a native heart than the proximal end of the first stent component when the first stent component is implanted relative to the native heart valve; a second stent component including (i) a first portion disposed at a proximal end of the second stent component that is positionable radially inward of at least a portion of the native leaflet adjacent the first portion of the first stent component when the second stent component is implanted relative to the native heart valve, and (ii) a second portion disposed at a distal end of the second stent component, opposite the proximal end, wherein the distal end of the second stent component is positioned farther away from the native heart than the proximal end of the second stent component when the second stent component is implanted relative to the native heart valve; and a prosthetic valve component attached to the second stent component.