Patent ID: 11883295
Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the annuloplasty ring replica comprises a backbone segment coupled to the shaft including a first backbone end and a second backbone end opposite the first backbone end, wherein a first plurality of the articulating segments extends in series from the first backbone end to the first free end of the annuloplasty ring replica, and a second plurality of the articulating segments extends in series from the second backbone end to the second free end of the annuloplasty ring replica, and wherein there are two of the flexible tension members extending through the hollow bore each passing in different directions through the backbone segment and extending through the aligned extension wire channels in one of the first or second plurality of the articulating segments, wherein the step of reducing includes pulling both of the two flexible tension members.