Separable annuloplasty ring
First Claim
1. A separable annuloplasty ring comprising:
- a first ring portion comprising a first tube member;
a second ring portion comprising a second tube member;
an interconnector member coupling the First and the second ring portions, said interconnector member extending through said first tube member and said second tube member, said annuloplasty ring being separable by severing said interconnector member without severing said first ring portion or said second ring portion.
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Abstract
A support ring for a natural human heart valve includes a first ring portion having opposite terminal ends and a second ring portion having opposite terminal ends. An interconnector extends through and interconnects the first and second ring portions, to maintain the opposite terminal ends of the first ring portion adjacent the opposite terminal ends of the second ring portion, to form a segmented ring having a first and a second interface between the first and second ring portions. The first ring portion is of a greater length than the second ring portion. The ring portions are separable by severing the interconnector at the first and second interfaces, thus producing two variable size ring segments.
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17 Claims
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1. A separable annuloplasty ring comprising:
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a first ring portion comprising a first tube member; a second ring portion comprising a second tube member; an interconnector member coupling the First and the second ring portions, said interconnector member extending through said first tube member and said second tube member, said annuloplasty ring being separable by severing said interconnector member without severing said first ring portion or said second ring portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A cardiac valvular prosthesis for a heart valve comprising:
a segmented ring having a first ring segment comprising a first tube member having first and second terminal ends, and a second ring segment comprising a second tube member having first and second terminal ends, terminal ends of the first tube member being coupled to terminal ends of the second tube member by an interconnector member extending through and interconnecting the first and second tube members, the interconnector having a first connection to the first tube member and a second connection to the second tube member. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A support ring for a natural human heart valve comprising:
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a first ring portion comprising a first tube member and having opposite terminal ends; a second ring portion comprising a second tube member and having opposite terminal ends; and an interconnector member extending through said first tube member and said second tube member, said interconnector coupling the first and the second ring portions and maintaining the opposite terminal ends of the first ring portion adjacent the opposite terminal ends of the second ring portion to form a segmented ring separable by severing said interconnector member without severing said first ring portion or said second ring portion. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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