Patent ID: 7367991

Claim:
A tricuspid annuloplasty ring for implantation against a tricuspid annulus, the tricuspid annulus providing a base for adjacent septal, anterior, and posterior leaflets of the tricuspid valve, the ring comprising: a ring body peripherally arranged about an axis and being discontinuous so as to define two free ends at a break in continuity around the ring body, wherein a plan view of the ring body along the axis defines: a first free end; a curvilinear anterior side shaped to conform to the tricuspid annulus adjacent the anterior leaflet, wherein a majority of the anterior side of the ring body lies generally in a plane perpendicular to the axis; a curvilinear posterior side shaped to conform to the tricuspid annulus adjacent the posterior leaflet; a relatively straight septal side shaped to conform to the tricuspid annulus adjacent the septal leaflet; and second free end, wherein the ring body has a radial cross-section that gradually changes around the ring body such that the two free ends thereof are more flexible in bending than a midpoint of the ring body, and wherein the two free ends of the ring body are both axially offset in the same direction from the plane and are axially offset from each other.