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Ventricular volume reduction

  • US 9,364,327 B2
  • Filed: 03/20/2015
  • Issued: 06/14/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A ventricular volume reduction implant for insertion into a ventricle to reduce an active volume of the ventricle, the implant having a collapsed configuration that may be passed through a cannula and an expanded configuration spanning a portion of the ventricle, the implant comprising:

  • a plurality of flattened leaves extending outwards from a central hub, wherein in the expanded configuration the leaves are configured to form a partitioning barrier across the ventricle, wherein the leaves are discrete from each other; and

    a plurality of anchors at the distal edge of the partitioning barrier configured to secure the partitioning barrier to the walls of the ventricle.

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