FIELD: medicine.
SUBSTANCE: group of inventions relates to medical equipment. Medical device for facilitating selection of a size of an annuloplasty implant for a patient comprises a catheter with a proximal end and a distal end and an extension member arranged inside the catheter with an operator end and a measurement end. Measurement end of the extension member is extendable relative from the distal end of the catheter for apposition with at least one commissure of a cardiac valve, such as a patient's mitral valve. Measure relating to the selection of a size of an implant is based on the extended length of the measurement end of the extension element and is indicated at operator end thereof. Measurement end of the extension member comprises means for detecting and guiding the annuloplasty implant at at least one commissure. Disclosed is a method for facilitating selection of a size of an annuloplasty implant.
EFFECT: easy and appropriate selection is provided.
23 cl, 8 dwg
