SELF-EXPANDABLE ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE AND SYSTEM OF CARDIAC VALVES

摘要

The present invention relates to self-expandable atrioventricular valve (10) that is expandable from an un-deployed state into a deployed state and that in the deployed state comprises:- a stent frame (12) forming a body, with the body having a height extending from an inlet to an outlet of the self-expandable atrioventricular valve in an axial direction and with the body circumferentially extending in a circumferential direction around the axial direction,- a unidirectional valve member (38) arranged within the body in the region of the outlet,- a plurality of fingers (18) that is arranged in the region of the inlet, with the plurality of fingers projecting radially outwardly from the body in a radial direction and with the plurality of fingers forming at least part of an upper end of the self-expandable atrioventricular valve together with the inlet, and- a plurality of anchors (22) that is arranged in the region of the outlet, with a first end of each of the plurality of anchors projecting radially outwardly from the body in the radial direction in the region of the outlet and with the first ends of the plurality of anchors forming at least part of a lower end of the self-expandable atrioventricular valve together with the outlet. The invention further relates to a system of cardiac valves.