Patent ID: 8894702

Claim:
A method for treating mitral valve insufficiency of a patient, comprising: delivering a replacement heart valve into the patient, the replacement heart valve comprising: an expandable frame extending along a longitudinal axis between a proximal end and a distal end, the frame comprising a plurality of foreshortening cells having a proximal end and a distal end and a plurality of struts having at least a portion thereof extending longitudinally, the struts having distal ends that are connected to proximal ends of foreshortening cells; and a valve body attached to the expandable frame; expanding the frame at a patient's mitral valve annulus, wherein when the frame is in an expanded configuration: a plurality of circumferentially spaced proximal anchors connected to the struts extend radially outward from the frame on a left atrial side of the native mitral valve annulus; and a plurality of circumferentially spaced distal anchors connected to the foreshortening cells are positioned on a left ventricular side of the native valve annulus, wherein the distal anchors extend longitudinally in a proximal direction generally toward the native mitral valve annulus to proximalmost portions of the distal anchors that are spaced radially outward from an outer surface of the frame.