Patent ID: 7317951

Claim:
An anchor for a medical implant, the anchor comprising: a central body comprising an annular-shaped body and having an axis, a bore for receiving the medical implant, and first and second ends in oppositely-disposed first and second axial directions, respectively, along the axis of the central body, the bore having an opening at the first end of the central body for receiving the medical implant in the second axial direction; means for retaining the medical implant within the bore of the central body; a plurality of arms and a plurality of members extending from the central body; a first ring spaced axially from the annular-shaped body in the second axial direction, the members extending radially from the first ring; a second ring between the first ring and the annular-shaped body; and struts securing the second ring to the annular-shaped body, the medical implant being disposable within the annular-shaped body and the struts and securable therein by the retaining means; the anchor having a deployed configuration wherein: the arms extend substantially radially from the first end of the central body, each of the arms having a distal portion extending in the second axial direction relative to the central body; and the members extend radially from the central body, each of the members defining a leg extending in the first axial direction toward the distal portions of the arms.