| abstract |
Apparatus for endovascular replacement of a patient's heart valve, the apparatus comprising: an expandable anchor (30) that supports a replacement valve (20), where the anchor (30) has an installation configuration and a deployed configuration, characterized by a proximal contact surface of the deployment system at a proximal end of the anchor, where the proximal contact surface of the deployment system is adapted to allow a deployment system to apply a force directed distally on the proximal end of the anchor, in the that the proximal contact surface of the deployment system is adapted to expand radially during the application of a force directed distally on the proximal end of the anchor. |