Patent ID: 11944290
Assignee: TAU-PNU MEDICAL CO., LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A method for assembling a cerclage assembly for mitral valve annuloplasty, comprising:
having a hollow tube with an upper open end, a lower open end, and a side hole on a side of the tube;
having a cerclage suture with a proximal segment and a distal segment;
inserting the cerclage suture into the upper open end of the tube;
advancing the cerclage suture through the tube towards the lower open end;
advancing the cerclage suture out the lower open end of the tube;
looping the cerclage suture outside the tube;
inserting the cerclage suture into the side hole of the tube;
advancing the cerclage suture through the tube towards the upper open end;
advancing the cerclage suture out the upper open end of the tube;
wherein both the proximal segment and distal segment of the cerclage suture are positioned outside the tube.