The annuloplasty ring of claim 5, encourages – comprising: (a) an open configuration where the first section that joins said second section by means of the second to join them and the final seconds of the first section and the said distal end of the second flexible section that are unattached, (b) a closed configuration where the first section that is attached to the second section the first and second, that the means for joining, thereby forming a loop, and (c) a surgical setting where the first section that is attached to the second section the first said means for joining and second flexible section that is attached to the needle near said means for joining the distal end of the second flexible section such that a needle.
The annuloplasty ring of claim 4, wherein the distal end more flexible section further comprises a hollow inner portion with an internal diameter approximately equal to outer diameter of the tip of the needle and tie the contract that is between internal frictional this diameter and external diameter of the end of the tether.
The annuloplasty ring of claim 1, wherein the first section that is rigid with first and second ends that are substantially straight first, that section further having an arc between the first and second ends.
The annuloplasty ring of claim 1, encouraged – to classify the media cover the ring.