IMPLANTABLE SCAFFOLDING CONTAINING AN ORIFICE FOR USE WITH A PROSTHETIC OR BIO-PROSTHETIC VALVE
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Abstract
In a surgical method for improving cardiac function, an implantable scaffold or valve support device is inserted inside a patient'"'"'s heart and attached to the heart in a region about a natural mitral valve. The scaffold or valve support device defines an orifice and, after the attaching of the scaffold or valve support device to the heart, a prosthetic or bio-prosthetic valve is seated in the orifice. The scaffold or valve support device is at least indirectly secured to cordae tendenae of the heart.
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38 Claims
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1-22. -22. (canceled)
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23. A device or assembly for use in heart valve placement in a subject, the device or assembly comprising an implantable scaffold including:
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an inner margin element defining an orifice for receiving or seating a prosthetic or bio-prosthetic valve; and a flexible outer margin element conformable to an irregular internal wall surface of a heart chamber, said outer margin element surrounding said inner margin element, said outer margin element and said inner margin element being different from one another and spaced in their entireties from one another. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37)
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29. (canceled)
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