Patent ID: 7993396

Claim:
An annuloplasty ring for implantation in a mitral valve annulus, said annuloplasty ring comprising: a rounded ring body having an anterior section adapted to be implanted on the anterior aspect of the mitral valve annulus and a posterior section adapted to be implanted on the posterior aspect of the mitral valve annulus; wherein the ring body is oriented about a central flow axis, the flow axis defining an upward direction and a downward direction, the downward direction corresponding to the direction of blood flow through the mitral valve annulus, and wherein the ring body as viewed downward in plan view has a continuous D-shaped configuration with the anterior section being relatively straight and the posterior section being outwardly curved, and the D-shaped configuration defines a major axis perpendicular to a minor axis, wherein the minor axis bisects both the anterior and posterior sections; and, wherein in the posterior section the ring body bows downward out of a plane perpendicular to the central flow axis, wherein the posterior section is asymmetric across the minor axis such that the middle of the downward bow in the ring body is offset from the minor axis.