Implantation of repair devices in the heart

Apparatus, comprising:

• a catheter;
• an intracardiac annuloplasty structure having respective first portions that are disposed opposite each other and respective second portions that are disposed opposite each other, the annuloplasty structure deployable to define a plane of the annuloplasty structure for placement on an annulus of a heart valve;
• a first adjustment member having a first-adjustment-member end at a first location of the annuloplasty structure at which the first portions of the annuloplasty structure are disposed;
• and
• a second adjustment member having a second-adjustment-member end at a second location of the annuloplasty structure at which the second portions of the annuloplasty structure are disposed;
• wherein:
• the annuloplasty structure has a delivery state and a deployed state;
• in the delivery state, during delivery of the annuloplasty structure through the catheter, the annuloplasty structure, the first-adjustment-member end, and the second-adjustment-member end are disposed within the catheter;
• in the deployed state, following the delivery, the first-adjustment-member end of the first adjustment member is moveable with respect to the annuloplasty structure toward and away from the plane to adjust a relative disposition of the first portions of the annuloplasty structure, and
• the second-adjustment-member end of the second adjustment member is moveable independently of the first-adjustment-member end and with respect to the annuloplasty structure toward and away from the plane to adjust a relative disposition of the second portions of the annuloplasty structure.

A method, comprising:

• positioning in a chamber of a heart of a patient an intracardiac annuloplasty structure, at least a first-adjustment-member end of a first adjustment member, and at least a second-adjustment-member end of a second adjustment member;
• adjusting a relative disposition of respective first portions of the annuloplasty structure that are disposed opposite each other by moving the first-adjustment-member end of the first adjustment member within the chamber toward and away from the annulus;
• and
• adjusting a relative disposition of respective second portions of the annuloplasty structure that are disposed opposite each other by moving the second-adjustment-member end of the second adjustment member within the chamber toward and away from the annulus independently of the moving of the first-adjustment-member end.