Ali Khoynezhad,Paul Philipp Heinisch,Ralf Brecht,Selena Akra
申请号:
US14915133
公开号:
US20160206426A1
申请日:
2014.09.02
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要:
The present invention teaches apparatuses and methods for transcatheter removal of mechanical heart valve leaflets from a subject. The invention also teaches methods for subsequent transcatheter placement of a bioprosthesis within the annulus that remains after the leaflets are removed. Advantageously, the devices and methods of the present invention can be used without a heart-lung machine.