US 12,127,940 B2
Predisposed annulus patch for valve repair implant
James M. Anderson, Corcoran, MN (US)
Assigned to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/474,675.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/079,597, filed on Sep. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0079759 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2445 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heart valve implant device comprising: a frame having a proximal end and a distal end and configured to be implanted in a valve annulus surrounding a heart valve; a plurality of anchors carried by the frame and configured to anchor the frame with respect to a valve annulus; and a plurality of patches carried by the frame to engage the plurality of anchors, wherein an anchor of the plurality of anchors extends through each patch of the plurality of patches to engage the valve annulus to position the plurality of patches between the frame and the valve annulus.