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TRANSVALVULAR INTRAANNULAR BAND AND CHORDAE CUTTING FOR ISCHEMIC AND DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY

  • US 20100121437A1
  • Filed: 10/14/2009
  • Published: 05/13/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of treating mitral valve prolapse, the method comprising:

  • implanting in the mitral annulus an intraannular band comprising an elongate and arcuate body having a first end, a first anchoring portion located proximate the first end, a second end, a second anchoring portion located proximate the second end, and a central portion, the central portion displaced out of the plane containing the first end and the second end;

    attaching the first anchoring portion to one portion of the mitral annulus;

    attaching the second anchoring portion to another portion of the mitral annulus such that the intraannular band extends transversely across a coaptive edge formed by the closure of the mitral valve leaflets and the central portion is displaced towards the left ventricle relative to the first anchoring portion and the second anchoring portion; and

    severing at least one marginal chordae.

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