System for treating heart valve malfunction including mitral regurgitation
First Claim
1. A system for treating heart valve malfunction including mitral regurgitation, said system comprising;
- a positioning structure operative to assume an expanded orientation and a contracted orientation,a retaining assembly positioned and structured to dispose said positioning structure in moveably positioning relation to an exterior of a wall of a heart,said retaining assembly and a positioning member cooperatively disposed and structured to accomplish a shape variance of the heart, substantially concurrent to said expanded orientation of said positioning assembly, andsaid shape variance at least partially defining a position of a mitral valve into a predetermined orientation which restricts mitral regurgitation,wherein said retaining assembly comprises a retaining structure dimensioned and configured for disposition in at least partially covering relation to a biventricular mass of a myocardium,and wherein said retaining structure comprises an open mesh material including a plurality of strands disposed in at least partially spaced relation to one another, said strands collectively disposed in at least partially surrounding relation to the biventricular mass and concurrently in retaining relation to said positioning structure.
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Abstract
A system for treating heart valve malfunction specifically including mitral regurgitation including a positioning structure operative to assume both expanded and contracted orientations and a retaining assembly positioned and structured to operatively dispose the positioning structure in moveably supporting lifting and/or positioning relation to the ventricular wall portion of the heart. The retaining assembly and the positioning structure are cooperatively disposed and structured to accomplish a shape variance of the heart upon a lifting or positioning force being exerted thereon substantially concurrent to the positioning structure being disposed in the expanded orientation. The force exerted on the heart at least partially defines a shape variance thereof to the extent of positioning of the leaflets of the mitral valve into a closed orientation which restricts mitral regurgitation.
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1. A system for treating heart valve malfunction including mitral regurgitation, said system comprising;
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a positioning structure operative to assume an expanded orientation and a contracted orientation, a retaining assembly positioned and structured to dispose said positioning structure in moveably positioning relation to an exterior of a wall of a heart, said retaining assembly and a positioning member cooperatively disposed and structured to accomplish a shape variance of the heart, substantially concurrent to said expanded orientation of said positioning assembly, and said shape variance at least partially defining a position of a mitral valve into a predetermined orientation which restricts mitral regurgitation, wherein said retaining assembly comprises a retaining structure dimensioned and configured for disposition in at least partially covering relation to a biventricular mass of a myocardium, and wherein said retaining structure comprises an open mesh material including a plurality of strands disposed in at least partially spaced relation to one another, said strands collectively disposed in at least partially surrounding relation to the biventricular mass and concurrently in retaining relation to said positioning structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for treating heart valve malfunction including mitral regurgitation, said system comprising;
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a positioning structure operative to assume an expanded orientation and a contracted orientation, a retaining assembly positioned and structured to dispose said positioning structure in moveably positioning relation to an exterior of a wall of a heart, said retaining assembly and said positioning structure cooperatively disposed and structured to accomplish a shape variance of the heart, substantially concurrent to said expanded orientation of said positioning structure, and said shape variance at least partially defining a positioning of a mitral valve into a predetermined orientation which restricts mitral regurgitation; wherein said positioning structure is operatively disposed between an inner surface of a pericardium and an outer surface of a myocardium; wherein said positioning structure comprises a first surface portion and a second surface portion respectively structured to facilitate predetermined operative engagement with an inner pericardial surface and the outer surface of the myocardium, wherein said first surface portion is structured to include a first coating structured to facilitate a gripping engagement with the inner pericardial surface. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A system for treating mitral regurgitation comprising
a positioning structure operative to assume an expanded orientation and a contracted orientation, a retaining structure disposed and structured to maintain said positioning structure within a pericardium in moveably positioning relation to a ventricular wall portion of a heart, a retaining assembly comprising said retaining structure dimensioned and configured for disposition in at least partially covering relation to a biventricular mass of a myocardium concurrently in retaining relation to said positioning structure, said positioning structure disposed in lifting relation to a ventricular wall portion corresponding to a papillary muscle tethered to a mitral valve, when said positioning structure is in said expanded orientation, and said lifting relation at least partially defining a shape variance of the heart including a positioning of the mitral valve into an orientation which restricts mitral regurgitation, wherein said positioning structure comprises at least one inflatable member structured to respectively define said expanded and contracted orientation as an inflation and a deflation of said one inflatable member, and wherein said retaining structure comprises an open mesh material including a plurality of strands disposed in at least partially spaced relation to one another, said strands collectively disposed in at least partially surrounding relation to the biventricular mass and concurrently in retaining relation to said positioning structure.
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27. A system for treating mitral regurgitation comprising
a positioning structure operative to assume an expanded orientation and a contracted orientation a retaining structure disposed and structured to maintain said positioning structure within a pericardium in moveably positioning relation to a ventricular wall portion of a heart, a retaining assembly comprising said retaining structure dimensioned and configured for disposition in at least partially covering relation to a biventricular mass of a myocardium concurrently in retaining relation to said positioning structure, said positioning structure disposed in lifting relation to a ventricular wall portion corresponding to a papillary muscle tethered to a mitral valve, when said positioning structure is in said expanded orientation, and said lifting relation at least partially defining a shape variance of the heart including a positioning of the mitral valve into an orientation which restricts mitral regurgitation; -
wherein said positioning structure is operatively disposed between an inner surface of the pericardium and an outer surface of the myocardium; wherein said positioning structure comprises first and second surface portions respectively including first and second coatings;
said first and second coatings respectively structured to facilitate a gripping engagement with an inner pericardial surface and a non-frictional engagement with an outer surface of the myocardium.
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