Title:
【発明の名称】選択的に可撓性の弁輪形成リング
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH04503318
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
An annuloplasty ring prosthesis has a flexible, annular body including one or more defined lengths (16,30), which are more rigid than the remainder of the body. The flexible body increases in flexibility about its circumference in a direction away from the, or each rigid, defined length and is formed from a plurality of individual wire elements. The elements may be wire strands (14,24) secured in a bundle, positioned in respective lumens (26) of a multiple lumen enclosure (28), or may be layers (38) of one or more wire bands wrapped on one another.
Inventors:
Ram, Hang El.
Nguyen, Zhang
Carpentier, Alan
Nguyen, Zhang
Carpentier, Alan
Application Number:
JP50401690A
Publication Date:
June 18, 1992
Filing Date:
February 01, 1990
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Baxter International Incorporated
International Classes:
A61F2/24; A61F2/00; (IPC1-7): A61F2/24
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Nobuyuki Matsubara (2 others)