Anchoring system for implantable heart valve prostheses

US7896913B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• JenaValve Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Christoph Damm · Jena, DE
• Carsten Weber · Aalen, DE
• Stefan Risse · Jena, DE
• Volker Guyenot · Jena, DE
• Matthias Mohaupt · Bochum, DE
• Gerd Harnisch · Jena, DE
• Peggy Dorrer · Göttingen, DE
• Markus Ferrari · Jena, DE
• Klaus Lang · Munster, DE
• Hans-Reiner Figulla · Jena, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 5, 2006
• Grant date: Mar 1, 2011
• Expiry date: Sep 5, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2220/0016
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to an anchoring system for heart valve prostheses which can be implanted by introduction via the aorta without any major surgical operation. With the heart valve prosthesis according to the invention it shall be achieved that this can be safely and quickly guided through the aorta toward the heart, and can be fixed there. With this, hook-shaped elements are secured to the commissures of the heart valve prosthesis the hooks of which are guided in an outward direction through the heart valve prosthesis material.