Patent attributes
A transcatheter valve prosthesis and a method for implanting the prosthesis in a heart are disclosed. The prosthesis includes a tubular body a coupled to a prosthetic valve. A fabric may be disposed on an outer surface of the tubular body. The method includes partially deploying the tubular body from a catheter to at position distal of a distal edge of a native valve leaflet, and moving the catheter such that the deployed outflow end portion of the tubular body engages the distal edge of the native valve leaflet and lifts the native valve leaflet in the proximal direction towards an atrial chamber of the heart. Then, the tubular body can be fully deployed such that the native valve leaflet is captured between the outflow end portion and the inflow end portion.
