Adaptable heart valve holder assembly
AssigneeEdwards Lifesciences Corporation
InventorsBrian S. Conklin, Louis A. Campbell
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Abstract
An annuloplasty ring assembly with detachable handle includes an annuloplasty ring configured to be secured to an annulus of a heart valve and an annuloplasty ring. The annuloplasty ring is attached to the ring holder such that the annuloplasty ring is in conformal contact along a lower surface of a peripheral edge portion of the ring holder. The assembly includes a handle adapter extending proximally from an upper proximal face of the ring holder. The handle adapter is also attached or attachable to a distal attachment end of the handle on one side and removably attached to the annuloplasty ring holder on another side.
Claims20
An adaptable annuloplasty ring assembly with detachable handle comprising:
- an annuloplasty ring configured to be secured to an annulus of a heart valve;
- an annuloplasty ring holder comprising an upper proximal face, a lower distal face, and a peripheral edge portion, the annuloplasty ring holder removably attached to the annuloplasty ring such that the annuloplasty ring extends along the peripheral edge portion;
- a handle with a distal attachment end;
- a handle adapter extending proximally from the upper proximal face of the ring holder;
- wherein the handle adapter has two attachment holes and the distal attachment end of the handle can be selectively inserted into and attached to each attachment hole, wherein the attachment holes have non-parallel axes such that the handle extends away from the upper proximal face of the ring holder at different angles when selectively attached to the two attachment holes to facilitate advancement through different surgical approaches.
An adaptable annuloplasty ring assembly with detachable handle comprising:
- an annuloplasty ring configured to be secured to an annulus of a heart valve;
- an annuloplasty ring holder comprising an upper proximal face, a lower distal face, and a peripheral edge portion and a crossbar extending from a first end at one side of the peripheral edge portion to a second end at an opposite side of the peripheral edge portion, and between the peripheral edge portion and the crossbar the ring holder provides a pair of relatively large visibility windows that together occupy a large cross-sectional area within the peripheral edge portion, the annuloplasty ring holder removably attached to the annuloplasty ring such that the annuloplasty ring extends along the peripheral edge portion;
- a handle with a distal attachment end;
- wherein the ring holder defines two attachment holes opening proximally and the distal attachment end of the handle can be selectively inserted into and attached to each attachment hole, wherein the attachment holes have non-parallel axes that lie in a common plane aligned with the crossbar such that the handle extends away from the upper proximal face of the ring holder at different angles when selectively attached to the two attachment holes to facilitate advancement through different surgical approaches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.