Papillary muscle adjustment
US10925730B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 18, 2018 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2002/249
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for improving leaflet prolapse and/or valve regurgitation associated with a heart valve involves delivering a spacer device into a ventricle of a heart using a delivery system comprising a catheter, fixing the spacer device to a wall of the ventricle, expanding the spacer device to reposition a papillary muscle disposed in the ventricle away from the wall, the papillary muscle being connected to a leaflet of an atrioventricular heart valve via chordae tendineae, and releasing the spacer device from the catheter.
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