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ADJUSTABLE TETHER AND EPICARDIAL PAD SYSTEM FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE

  • US 20150223934A1
  • Filed: 02/11/2015
  • Published: 08/13/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • inserting a distal end portion of a snare device through an incision at a first location in a ventricular wall of a heart of a patient and positioning a distal end of the snare device in the left ventricle of the heart;

    snaring with the snare device a tether at least partially disposed within the left ventricle, the tether exiting the heart at an incision at a second location on the ventricular wall of the heart and extending from a prosthetic mitral valve implanted within a mitral annulus of the heart;

    pulling the tether with the snare device such that a proximal end of the tether is moved back through the incision at the second location on the ventricular wall and into the left ventricle; and

    pulling the snare device proximally, such that the snared tether is pulled proximally through the incision at the first location in the ventricular wall of the heart.

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