Tissue shaping device with conformable anchors
First Claim
1. A tissue shaping device adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient'"'"'s heart to reshape the patient'"'"'s heart, the tissue shaping device comprising an expandable anchor adapted to contact a wall of the vessel with a radially outward force, the anchor comprising an expansion energy absorbing element.
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Abstract
A tissue shaping device adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient'"'"'s heart to reshape the patient'"'"'s heart. In one embodiment, the tissue shaping device includes an expandable anchor adapted to contact a wall of the vessel with radially outward force, with the anchor including an expansion energy absorbing element, such as a bending point in a flexible wire anchor. The invention also includes a method of deploying a tissue shaping device in a vessel, in which the tissue shaping device includes an anchor and an expansion energy absorbing element. The method includes the steps of delivering the tissue shaping device to a treatment location within the vessel, expanding the anchor with anchor expansion energy to place a radially outward force on a wall of the vessel, and absorbing at least a portion of the expansion energy in the expansion energy absorbing element.
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- 1. A tissue shaping device adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient'"'"'s heart to reshape the patient'"'"'s heart, the tissue shaping device comprising an expandable anchor adapted to contact a wall of the vessel with a radially outward force, the anchor comprising an expansion energy absorbing element.
- 20. A method of deploying a tissue shaping device in a vessel, the tissue shaping device comprising an anchor and an expansion energy absorbing element, the method comprising delivering the tissue shaping device to a treatment location within the vessel, expanding the anchor with anchor expansion energy to place a radially outward force on a wall of the vessel, and absorbing at least a portion of the expansion energy in the expansion energy absorbing element.
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