Self-expanding, flexible wire mesh with integrated valvular prosthesis for the transvascular heart valve replacement and a system with such a device and a delivery catheter

摘要

A device for the transvascular replacement of diseased heart valves, the device comprising: a self-expanding flexible wire mesh in the center of which is a valve prosthesis, wherein the wire mesh with the valve prosthesis is adapted to deploy upon release from an insertion catheter; and wherein the wire mesh is further configured to evert mushroom-shaped outwards upon release from the catheter, to insert into the pockets of the diseased heart valve and to pinch them.