Patent ID: 11890192
Assignee: AVVIE GMBH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 13:
14. A delivery device with an annuloplasty device, the annuloplasty device for use on a posterior annulus of a mitral valve, the delivery device for delivering and deploying the annuloplasty device to the annulus of the mitral valve, the annuloplasty device comprising:
at least a first and a second anchor unit that are deployable to the mitral valve by means of the delivery device and positionable in a row along the annulus, anchor means being arranged on each of the first and second anchor units;
connection means interconnecting the first and second anchor units and defining a distance between the first and second anchor units; and
pulling means for reducing the distance between the first and second anchor units so as to pull the annulus together;
wherein the anchor units are arranged to be rotatable to one another around a longitudinal axis extending along the row; and
wherein the delivery device comprises:
at least one flexible tube, in which the annuloplasty device is housed prior to being delivered;
a guiding wire for guiding the flexible tube to the annulus; and
retracting means for retracting the flexible tube relative to the at least first and second anchor units of the annuloplasty device so as to successively release the anchor units from the flexible tube;
wherein a wall of the tube, on its inner side, has a cross-sectional profile that provides a form-fit to a corresponding cross-sectional profile of an outer surface of the anchor units so as to prevent a rotation of the anchor units within the flexible tube.