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VALVE APTATION ASSIST DEVICE

  • US 20080125861A1
  • Filed: 02/05/2008
  • Published: 05/29/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a tether having a length suitable for extending through a ventricle of a heart from, at a proximal end, an atrioventricular valve annulus to, at a distal end, one of a wall of a ventricle and a papillary muscle within the ventricle; and

    an aptation device coupled to the tether at a position corresponding to a location to contact cusps of an atrioventricular valve during systole,wherein the tether and aptation device are suitable for percutaneous delivery to a patient.

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