Device that can be implanted in a minimally invasive manner and mitral valve implant system
AssigneeImmanuel Diakonie GmbH
InventorJohannes Albes
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AssigneeImmanuel Diakonie GmbH
InventorJohannes Albes
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The invention relates in general to the field of heart surgery. In the surgical field, instruments are used in order to examine the interior of living organisms and/or to use for operative interventions. These also include implants for the production of the functionality of a heart. The invention relates to such an implantable device and a method for eliminating regurgitation in the area of the heart. The implantable device is an annuloplasty ring with a large number of tissue anchors. An unfolded annuloplasty ring is positioned in the cavity of a body element in order to constrict a bodily opening. Using the minimally-invasive technique, each tissue anchor of the annuloplasty ring is intravascularly inserted in advance into a precise position on the edge of the mitral valve annulus. The annuloplasty ring that is configured in the shape of an arc or circle is mounted and fastened to the thus anchored fastening means in order to influence in size and shape the septal and lateral annulus of the mitral valve and to close the gap between the anterior and posterior cusps in the valve.
A device for implanting with minimally-invasive surgery in the beating heart of a patient for adjusting the shape and size in an anatomical opening or another lumen, which comprises an annuloplasty ring, wherein said annuloplasty ring
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