Annuloplasty devices are used for repairing and replacing a heart valve in various embodiments. These devices have at least first and second support rings connected together in a coiled configuration to about opposite sides of a valve annulus. A replacement valve may be secured to the coil-shaped device. Various alternative fastening systems include suture fastening systems, mechanical fastening systems, shape memory alloy fastening systems and other fastening systems relying only on the resilience between adjacent coils.

Anterior chamber utility forceps are designed primarily to remove capsular fragments and support in performing iridectomies through small incisions in extracapsular cataract extractions.