Patent ID: 8603160

Claim:
A method for endovascularly positioning a replacement heart valve of a patient, the method comprising: endovascularly delivering to a vicinity of the patient's heart valve a replacement heart valve comprising replacement leaflets coupled to an expandable anchor, the expandable anchor in an unexpanded configuration within a sheath, wherein the expandable anchor comprises a skirt region opposite a lip region; releasing the anchor from the sheath; deploying the anchor at a first position by applying at least one of a distally directed force to the lip region of the anchor with a plurality of tubes and simultaneously a proximally directed force to the skirt region of the anchor with a plurality of wires after the anchor is completely out of the delivery sheath, wherein the applied forces are non-hydraulic and non-pneumatic actuation forces; retrieving the anchor into the sheath after the deploying at a first position step; and repositioning the valve by releasing the anchor from the sheath and deploying the anchor at a second position.