Heart valve anchor and method
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Jun 23, 2005
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Dec 23, 2003
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Dec 23, 2003
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Apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve. In some embodiments the apparatus includes an expandable anchor with a lip region and a skirt region; and a replacement valve, wherein the lip region and skirt region are configured for percutaneous expansion to engage leaflets of the heart valve. The invention is also a method for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve. In some embodiments the method includes the steps of endovascularly delivering apparatus including an anchor having lip and skirt regions, and a replacement valve coupled to the anchor, to a vicinity of the heart valve in a collapsed delivery configuration; and expanding the apparatus such that leaflets of the heart valve are captured between the lip and skirt regions of the anchor.
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