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Endoventicular device for the treatment and correction of cardiomyopathies

  • US 20110066235A1
  • Filed: 04/27/2010
  • Published: 03/17/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mitral valve repair device for mitral annuplasty comprising one annular spring shaped device being formed as an elastic structure having flexibility along an axis of a ventricular cavity and having radial elasticity and at least one attachment member for effectively establishing a connection to the mitral valve native annulus;

  • wherein the annular spring shaped device is so configured and sized to expand from its rest position and receive energy from the mitral valve native annulus during a diastolic phase of heart pumping activity;

    to collapse and cede the energy received to the mitral valve native annulus during a systolic phase of heart pumping activity.

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