Patent ID: 7959673

Claim:
A mitral annuloplasty ring, comprising: a ring body defining a periphery with an anterior segment opposite a posterior segment, and two side segments, the ring body in plan view defining a major axis A and a minor axis B extending across from the anterior segment to the posterior segment, the dimensional pairs B and A being selected from the groups consisting of: A is about 38 mm and B is about 27.2 mm; and A is about 40 mm and B is about 28.7 mm, wherein the ring defines a horizontal line segment a 1 -a 2 having a length A along the major axis of the ring, and wherein the periphery is defined in plan view by four circular arcs, one for each segment, connected at points of tangency, and wherein two of the four circular arcs consist of portions of two congruent circles c 2 , c 3 that include points a 1 and a 2 , respectively, and both have a center along line segment a 1 -a 2 and include a point b 1 at the center of line segment a 1 -a 2 .