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Methods of using pericardial inserts

  • US 20080027269A1
  • Filed: 03/30/2007
  • Published: 01/31/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of managing a heart failure patient, the patient anatomically having skin, a costal cartilage, a xiphoid and a heart, the heart comprising a left ventricle, a right ventricle, a left atrium, a right atrium, an epicardium, a pericardium and a pericardial space between the epicardium and the pericardium, the method comprising:

  • placing a support structure between the epicardium and the pericardium such that a force is transmitted from the pericardium through the support structure to a selected region of the epicardium; and

    leaving the support structure in place between the epicardium and the pericardium postoperatively.

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