发明名称 |
FLEXIBLE ANNULOPLASTY RING WITH SELECT CONTROL POINTS |
摘要 |
An annuloplasty repair segment for heart valve annulus repair. In one embodiment a multi-stranded cable replaces solid core wire for both the tricuspid and mitral valves. Cable allows for greater deployment flexibility for minimally-invasive surgical (MIS) implant, while still maintaining the required strength and similar tensile properties of solid-core wire. In addition, selective placement of point-welds or other such control points locally control other parameters such as the amount and direction of displacement as the ring undergoes external loading. Cable with well-placed control points result in a MIS annuloplasty ring with sufficient flexibility in the x-y plane to allow a surgeon to squeeze the ring into a small incision, such as for example 1 cm×1 cm, while maintaining structural rigidity under forces exerted on the implanted ring by the cardiac cycle and allowing for asymmetrical deflection to be designed into the product. |
申请公布号 |
EP2608743(A4) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.08.26 |
申请号 |
EP20110820614 |
申请日期 |
2011.08.24 |
申请人 |
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION |
发明人 |
MIGLIAZZA, JOHN, F.;CROCKETT, BOB;ABRAM, TIM |
分类号 |
A61F2/24 |
主分类号 |
A61F2/24 |
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