Valve to myocardium tension members device and method
AssigneeMyocor, Inc.
InventorsTodd Mortier, Cyril Schweich
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Abstract
A device for heart valve repair including at least one tension member having a first end and second end. A basal anchor is disposed at the first end of the tension member and a secondary anchor at the second end. The method includes the steps of anchoring the basal anchor proximate a heart valve and anchoring the secondary anchor at a location spaced from the valve such that the chamber geometry is altered to reduce heart wall tension and/or stress on the valve leaflets.
Claims27
1-17. (canceled)
A method for treating a heart, comprising:
- positioning a valve repair device with respect to an annulus associated with an in situ mitral valve, the valve repair device comprising:
- a member having a curved inner periphery that includes a concave inner periphery and a convex inner periphery;
- and
- altering the geometries of said annulus and a heart structure other than leaflets, chordae, and papillary muscles.
27-46. (canceled)
A method of treating a heart, comprising:
- providing a body having a first curved portion and a second curved portion;
- implanting the body so that the first curved portion reshapes an annulus associated with an in situ mitral valve, wherein the second curved portion extends above the first curved portion;
- and
- altering a geometry of a heart chamber using the second curved portion.
A device for repairing a valve of a heart comprising:
- a first portion, said first portion comprising a flexible element,
- a second portion, said second portion comprising a flexible element,
- at least one chord, said chord having opposite ends, one of said ends being attached to said first portion, the other of said ends being attached to said second portion,
- a first suture for attaching said first portion to the leaflet of a heart valve, and
- a second suture for attaching said second portion to the papillary muscle of a heart.
A method for repairing a heart valve, comprising:
- providing a device for repairing a heart valve, said device having a first portion, said first portion comprising a flexible element, a second portion, said second portion comprising a flexible element, at least one chord, said chord having opposite ends, one of said ends being attached to said first portion, the other of said ends being attached to said second portion;
- suturing said first portion to a leaflet of a valve;
- and
- suturing said second portion to a papillary muscle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.