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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
May. 31, 2007
Stephen B. Colvin, New York, NY (US);
Aubrey Galloway, Bronxville, NY (US);
Eugene Grossi, New York, NY (US);
Timothy R. Ryan, Shorewood, MN (US);
Stephen B. Colvin, New York, NY (US);
Aubrey Galloway, Bronxville, NY (US);
Eugene Grossi, New York, NY (US);
Timothy R. Ryan, Shorewood, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
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.