US 12,150,852 B2
Proximal tab for side-delivered transcatheter heart valves and methods of delivery
Robert Vidlund, Forest Lake, MN (US); Mark Christianson, Plymouth, MN (US); Neelakantan Saikrishnan, Plymouth, MN (US); and Scott Kramer, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to VDyne, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by VDyne, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/666,086.
Application 17/666,086 is a division of application No. 17/221,547, filed on Apr. 2, 2021, granted, now 11,253,359.
Application 17/221,547 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/877,457, filed on May 18, 2020, abandoned.
Application 17/221,547 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2019/067010, filed on Dec. 18, 2019.
Application 16/877,457 is a continuation of application No. 16/455,417, filed on Jun. 27, 2019, granted, now 10,653,522, issued on May 19, 2020.
Application PCT/US2019/067010 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/455,417, filed on Jun. 27, 2019, granted, now 10,653,522, issued on May 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/782,350, filed on Dec. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0160504 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2418 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2/2439 (2013.01); A61F 2/2412 (2013.01); A61F 2/2433 (2013.01); A61F 2/2442 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0025 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0069 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
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1. A method of delivering a prosthetic heart valve to an annulus of a native valve between an atrium and a ventricle of a heart of a patient, the method comprising:
disposing in the atrium of the heart adjacent to the annulus of the native valve a distal end of a delivery catheter having disposed in a lumen thereof the prosthetic heart valve, the prosthetic heart valve having a valve frame with a distal anchoring element and a proximal anchoring element, and a flow control component mounted within the valve frame, the prosthetic heart valve being in a compressed configuration within the lumen of the delivery catheter;
releasing the prosthetic heart valve from the lumen of the delivery catheter into the atrium such that the prosthetic heart valve transitions from the compressed configuration to an expanded configuration in response to the releasing;
placing a portion of the distal anchoring element on a ventricle side of the annulus of the native valve;
seating the prosthetic heart valve in the annulus of the native valve when the prosthetic heart valve is in the expanded configuration and the proximal anchoring element is in a first configuration; and
transitioning the proximal anchoring element from the first configuration to a second configuration after the seating the prosthetic heart valve in the annulus.