| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide annuloplasty devices and methods and heart valve repair and replacement devices and techniques which provide a more reliable and more easily accomplished valve repair and replacement. <P>SOLUTION: This device 262 for replacing a heart valve includes at least first and second support rings connected together in a coiled configuration to abut opposite sides of a valve annulus 20. A replacement valve 260 may be secured to the coil-shaped device 262. A method includes inserting a first end of the coil-shaped device 262 through a valve annulus 20, rotating a first ring of the coil-shaped device 262 into position on one side of the valve annulus 20 and positioning at least a second ring of the coil-shaped device 262 on an opposite side of the valve annulus 20. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT</p> |
