| abstract |
A transcatheter atrio-ventricular valve prosthesis 1 for functionally replacement of an atrio- ventricular valve 9 in a connection channel 18, having a circumferential connection channel wall structure 18', between atrial and ventricular chambers of a heart, comprising an inner device 19 to be disposed in the interior of the connection channel 18, the inner device having a circumferential support structure 21 which is radially expandable and having a valve 22 attached to the circumferential support structure 21, and an outer device 25 to be disposed on the exterior of the connection channel 18, wherein the outer device 25 at least partly extends around the inner device 19 in a radial distance to the inner device 19, wherein the inner and outer devices 19, 21 form a clamping mechanism for clamping the circumferential connection channel wall structure 18' therebetween. |