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Annuloplasty device

US11491008B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Inventors

Olli Keränen · Espoo, FI
Hans-Reinhard Zerkowski · Kreuzlingen, CH
Johannes Jung · Karlsruhe, DE
Jani Virtanen · Söderkulla, FI

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 13, 2020
Grant date	Nov 8, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 13, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2230/0091
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An annuloplasty device is disclosed comprising first and second support rings having a coiled configuration, and respective first and second retention units, the first support ring transitions to the second support ring over a transition section, the transition section is adapted to be arranged at a commissure of the heart valve leaflets, the first and second support rings extend in respective first and second coil planes being essentially perpendicular to the central axis, the transition section bends at least partly along the central axis so that the first coil plane is separated a distance from the second coil plane along the central axis at the transition section.

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