Patent ID: 8747461

Claim:
A cardiac valve prosthesis system for implantation into the body of a mammal, comprising a valve mounted on a stent element to form a stented valve element and an anchoring element to be arranged within the aorta of the mammal and spaced-apart distally from the stented valve element, wherein the anchoring element comprises a cylindrical tube element composed of fabric supported by a metal mesh consisting of two or more metal rings, meandering circumferentially and being disposed successively in the anchoring element's longitudinal direction, wherein the metal rings have a Z-shaped profile with pointed arches pointing alternately toward the proximal end and distal end of the anchoring element, wherein the stented valve element and the anchoring element represent two constructional distinctive elements being associated only by ligament-like connecting means, such that the stented valve element and the anchoring element are spaced-apart and do not directly contact each other, and wherein said fabric of the cylindrical tube element consists of a fabric material which is fixed to the rings thereby connecting them, wherein said rings are connected to each other only by said fabric material, and wherein said rings do not touch or cross each other, said fabric material forming a hollow cylindrical body, and wherein the last ring of the anchoring element has only three pointed arches pointing toward the proximal end of the anchoring element, and wherein the stented valve element is associated with the anchoring element via three poles of the valve, the three poles of the valve, via the connecting means, being associated with said three pointed arches.