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Implant for treatment of a heart valve, in particular a mitral valve, material including such an implant, and material for insertion thereof

  • US 9,237,886 B2
  • Filed: 04/14/2008
  • Issued: 01/19/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Implant for treating a heart valve, in particular a mitral valve of a heart, the implant comprising:

  • a helically wound wire capable of insertion into a wall of an annulus and/or a cardiac wall adjoining the annulus, the helically wound wire further comprising;

    a conical portion comprising at least one complete coil, each complete coil being one 360 degree revolution of the wound wire, each complete coil of the conical portion having a continuously decreasing diameter from a pointed end for insertion to a non-pointed end of the conical portion, the conical portion capable of insertion into the wall such that a portion of the wall is located within the respective diameter of at least one complete coil and contracted during insertion of the conical portion; and

    a cylindrical portion attached to the non-pointed end of the conical portion, the cylindrical portion terminating at a terminal non-pointed end opposite the pointed end of the conical portion such that the helically wound wire extends between and terminates at the pointed end of the conical portion and the terminal non-pointed end of the cylindrical portion, the cylindrical portion further maintaining contraction of the portion of the wall located within the diameter of the cylindrical portion during implantation of the cylindrical portion.

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