Patent ID: 7201761

Claim:
Apparatus for resecting a diseased heart valve, the apparatus comprising: a first frame member and a second frame member movably disposed and opposed to one another; the first frame member comprising a cutting edge; an adjustable connector positionably joining the first frame member to the second frame member, the adjustable connector configured to selectively positioning the first frame member and the second frame member between a first position and a second position, wherein the first frame member and the second frame member are positioned apart from one another in the first position so as to allow at least a portion of the diseased heart valve therebetween, and the first frame member and the second frame member are positioned together in the second position so as to cut the at least a portion of the diseased heart valve therebetween with the cutting edge so as to resect the diseased heart valve; an actuator that is operatively connected to the adjustable connector, the actuator movable so as to selectively position the adjustable connector between the first position and the second position; and a first screen portion and a second screen portion disposed on the first frame portion and the second frame portion, respectively, the first screen portion and the second screen portion being sufficiently open to allow blood flow through first frame member and second frame member and to contain the at least a portion of the diseased heart valve between the first frame member and the second frame member.