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

Claim 0:
1. A delivery device with a first annuloplasty device and a second annuloplasty device, the first and second annuloplasty devices for use on a posterior annulus of a mitral valve, the delivery device for delivering and deploying the first and second annuloplasty devices to the annulus of the mitral valve, the first and second annuloplasty devices each 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:
a first flexible tube and a second flexible tube, the first annuloplasty device being housed in the first flexible tube and the second annuloplasty device being housed in the second flexible tube prior to being delivered, the first and second flexible tubes being for a simultaneous delivery of the first and the second annuloplasty devices;
a guiding wire for guiding the first and second flexible tubes to the annulus; and
retracting means for retracting the first and second flexible tubes relative to the at least first and second anchor units of the first and second annuloplasty devices, respectively, so as to successively release the anchor units from the respective flexible tube.