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Method and apparatus for reshaping a ventricle

  • US 9,561,105 B2
  • Filed: 10/27/2014
  • Issued: 02/07/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of improving the function of a patient'"'"'s heart, comprising:

  • delivering an implantable body into a left ventricle by a delivery catheter;

    the implantable body comprising an anchor coupled to an elongate pusher member;

    applying a force at the base of the left ventricle by causing the elongate pusher member to push against an inner wall of the left ventricle;

    deploying the anchor adjacent a mitral valve for securing the elongate pusher member in the left ventricle and removing the delivery catheter from the heart while leaving the implantable body in the left ventricle;

    wherein the pusher member reshapes the left ventricle by permanently elongating the left ventricle in a longitudinal direction for improving the pumping efficiency of the patient'"'"'s heart.

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