Patent ID: 7771467

Claim:
An apparatus for repairing the function of a native aortic valve of a patient, the native aortic valve defining a native valve annulus, the apparatus comprising: a tubular valve support member having oppositely disposed first and second valve member ends and a valve member body located between the first and second valve member ends, the valve support member defining a longitudinal axis; a prosthetic valve having at least two prosthetic valve leaflets that are coaptable to permit the unidirectional flow of blood, the prosthetic valve being attached to the valve support member adjacent the second valve member end; at least two coronary openings in the valve member body located longitudinally adjacent free edges of the at least two prosthetic valve leaflets, at least one of the coronary openings being located so as to be selectively radially aligned with a coronary ostium when the prosthetic valve is located substantially within the native valve annulus; and at least two branch support members, each branch support member having first and second branch ends; each first branch end of a branch support member being attachable to a coronary opening with the corresponding second branch end of the branch support member extending radially away from the valve support member and through a coronary ostium.