Annuloplasty ring holder
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorsJohn T. M. Wright, Hieu Cong Nguyen
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Abstract
An annuloplasty ring holder including a head having an upper surface and an annuloplasty ring receiving surface facing opposite the upper surface. The annuloplasty ring holder also includes means for attaching an annuloplasty ring to the annuloplasty ring receiving surface. The means for attaching an annuloplasty ring to the annuloplasty ring receiving surface may include one or more suture guides operatively associated with the head and configured to position one or more sutures to removably associate an annuloplasty ring with the annuloplasty ring receiving surface. The head may include a central hub and more than one spoke radiating out from the central hub. If the head is thus configured, each spoke will include a portion of the annuloplasty ring receiving surface.
Claims14
A method of attaching an annuloplasty ring to an annuloplasty ring holder comprising:
- providing an annuloplasty ring holder having an upper surface and an annuloplasty ring receiving surface facing opposite the upper surface;
- attaching an annuloplasty ring to the annuloplasty ring receiving surface with at least one suture such that the annuloplasty ring may be released from the annuloplasty ring holder by severing once a single suture of the at least one suture.
An annuloplasty ring and holder comprising:
- an annuloplasty ring holder having an upper surface and an annuloplasty ring receiving surface facing opposite the upper surface;
- an annuloplasty ring;
- and
- at least one suture associating the annuloplasty ring with the annuloplasty ring receiving surface such that the annuloplasty ring holder may be disassociated from the annuloplasty ring by severing once a single suture of the at least one suture.
A method of releasing an annuloplasty ring from an annuloplasty ring holder comprising:
- providing an annuloplasty ring holder having an upper surface and an annuloplasty ring receiving surface facing opposite the upper surface;
- providing an annuloplasty ring removably attached to the annuloplasty ring receiving surface with at least one suture;
- severing a single suture of the at least one suture once to release the annuloplasty ring from the annuloplasty ring receiving surface;
- and
- disassociating the annuloplasty ring holder from the annuloplasty ring.
An annuloplasty ring and holder comprising:
- an annuloplasty ring holder having a ring receiving surface;
- an annuloplasty ring having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface;
- and
- at least one suture associating the annuloplasty ring with the annuloplasty ring receiving surface such that the top surface of the annuloplasty ring contacts the annuloplasty ring receiving surface and no portion of the annuloplasty ring holder contacts any portion of the bottom surface of the annuloplasty ring, wherein the annuloplasty ring holder may be disassociated from the annuloplasty ring by severing once a single suture of the at least one suture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.