PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE

摘要

To provide apparatus, systems, and methods for implanting and manipulating a prosthetic heart valve and associated components into and in a heart.SOLUTION: The prosthetic heart valve includes a self-expanding wire frame body, a valve disposed in the body, a leaflet clip coupled to the body, and a control element operably coupled to the leaflet clip. The body has a proximal end and a distal end. The leaflet clip is configured to be transitioned between a first configuration in which the prosthetic valve can be inserted into a heart, and a second configuration in which the leaflet clip is disposed to capture a native valve leaflet between the leaflet clip and the wire frame body when the body is disposed in a native annulus of an atrioventricular valve of a heart. The control element extends from the leaflet clip through a ventricle of the heart and out a wall of the ventricle to allow an operator to transition the leaflet clip from its first configuration to its second configuration.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2b