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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2015
Coremedic Ag, Biel, CH;
Universität Bern, Bern, CH;
Silvio Schaffner, Berlingen, CH;
Louis Weidmann, Recherswill, CH;
Rolf Vogel, Solothurn, CH;
Stefan Guggisberg, Bern, CH;
Andreas Mächler, Bern, CH;
Stijn Vandenberghe, Bern, CH;
Oliver Wüthrich, Hinterkappelen, CH;
Thierry Carrel, Bern, CH;
Alberto Weber, Gümligen, CH;
COREMEDIC AG, Biel, CH;
UNIVERSITAT BERN, Bern, CH;
Abstract
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.