MEDICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HEART VALVE REPAIR

摘要

In accordance with an aspect of the invention, a surgical apparatus for treating atrioventricular valve prolapse of the human heart is provided. The apparatus is capable of minimally invasive surgical treatment of the beating heart and comprises a catheter (1). It is firstly equipped for temporarily stabilizing a heart valve leaflet during heart beating. It is secondly equipped for implanting a heart valve stabilizer that permanently treats the prolapse. The heart valve stabilizer that can be moved forward in the catheter and comprises an artificial chord (32) for connecting the leaflet to the papillary muscle or other site in the myocardium, an anchor (33) to be anchored in the papillary muscle or other site in the myocardium and equipped for being connected to the artificial chord, and a fixation tool equipped for being connected to the leaflet and to the artificial chord.