US 12,350,148 B2
Stented heart valve devices and methods for atrioventricular valve replacement
Thierry Mesana, Ottawa (CA); Timothy G. Laske, Shoreview, MN (US); Alexander Hill, Blaine, MN (US); Timothy Ryan, Minnetrista, MN (US); and Allen Tower, North Lawrence, NY (US)
Assigned to Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/063,239.
Application 16/922,666 is a division of application No. 15/338,124, filed on Oct. 28, 2016, granted, now 10,736,737, issued on Aug. 11, 2020.
Application 15/338,124 is a division of application No. 12/009,323, filed on Jan. 17, 2008, granted, now 9,510,943, issued on Dec. 6, 2016.
Application 18/063,239 is a continuation of application No. 16/922,666, filed on Jul. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,534,295.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/881,351, filed on Jan. 19, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2023/0107234 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/848 (2013.01); A61F 2/852 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/2418 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2433 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2002/065 (2013.01); A61F 2002/8486 (2013.01); A61F 2/852 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2230/001 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0017 (2013.01); A61F 2230/005 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0054 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0018 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0036 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0037 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0064 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0069 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
positioning a valve prosthesis in an area of a heart valve of a patient, the valve prosthesis including a stent assembly and a prosthetic valve disposed within the stent assembly, the stent assembly including a downstream edge defined by downstream apices of the stent assembly, the downstream edge defining a downstream plane around an entire perimeter of the stent assembly, wherein the downstream plane is at a non-perpendicular angle to a central longitudinal axis of the stent assembly, the valve prosthesis positioned such that the downstream plane is angled in a downstream direction from a first portion of the heart valve towards a second portion of the heart valve; and
radially expanding the valve prosthesis in the area of the heart valve.