Stephen B. Colvin,Aubrey Galloway,Eugene Grossi,Timothy R. Ryan
申请号：
US11809221
公开号：
US08197538B2
申请日:
2007.05.31
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
An annuloplasty prosthesis including a sheath, an arcuate stiffening element, and an imaging element. The arcuate stiffening element is disposed within the sheath and defines discrete, first and second ends separated by a lateral spacing. The imaging element is disposed within the sheath along the lateral spacing. With this configuration, following implant to the valve annulus, the imaging element provides a mechanism for non-invasively evaluating a shape of the valve annulus, for example, via radiographic, echogenic and/or other image enhancing visualization techniques. In some embodiments, the annuloplasty prosthesis provides a radiographic, echogenic and/or other image enhanced image of a near entirety of the valve annulus.
