Methods and apparatus for endovascular heart valve replacement comprising tissue grasping elements

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8828078
APP PUB NO 20060253191A1
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11232441

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A method for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve including the following steps: endovascularly delivering an anchor and a replacement valve supported within the anchor to a vicinity of the heart valve in a collapsed delivery configuration, the anchor having grasping elements adapted to grasp tissue in a vicinity of the heart valve; expanding the anchor, thereby rotating the grasping elements; and grasping the tissue with the rotating grasping elements.

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BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INCONE SCIMED PLACE MAPLE GROVE MN 55311

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Hildebrand, Daniel Menlo Park, US 71 11184
Salahieh, Amr Saratoga, US 244 52288
Saul, Tom El Granada, US 204 25542

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