Universitât Bern

Coremedic Ag

Zurimed Technologies Ag

Alberto Weber

Silvio Schaffner

Oliver Wüthrich

Xiang Li

Elias Bachmann

Thierry Carrel

Louis Weidmann

Rolf Vogel

Stefan Guggisberg

Andreas Mächler

Stijn Vandenberghe

Oliver WÜTHRICH

Andreas MÄCHLER

A surgical instrument for treating atrioventricular valve prolapse of the drained human heart, includes a handle for being held by a surgeon, a shaft extending distally from the handle, the shaft having a lumen open to a shaft distal end, a cannulated needle arranged in the shaft; with a distal end of the needle protruding from the shaft distal end at least in one possible needle position. The needle accommodates a first, distal implant equipped for being anchored in a papillary muscle, and a second, proximal implant shaped to hold on to a leaflet of an atrioventricular valve, the first and second implants each including a chord connector portion for connecting the respective implant to an artificial chord. The apparatus further includes a trigger arrangement for releasing the first, distal implant upon a first release actuation and for releasing the second, proximal implant upon a second release actuation.

Medical apparatus and method for heart valve repair

Growing community of inventors

Gümligen, Switzerland

Alberto Weber