Sutureless reinforcement for and method of treating a myocardial infarction
AssigneePacesetter, Inc.
InventorsJiahong Tan, Edward Sarnowski, Kevin L. Morgan
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Abstract
A method of treating a heart condition includes dispensing first and second sealant components to a myocardial infarction via an introducer extending through a percutaneous puncture in a subxiphoid region. The first and second sealant components combine to form a medical sealant material that bonds to the myocardial infarction to form a reinforcement for the myocardial infarction, wherein the reinforcement does not include a patch.
Claims17
A method of treating a heart condition, the method comprising assembling a myocardial infarction reinforcement at a location of a myocardial infarction in a patient, wherein the reinforcement does not include a patch.
A method of treating a heart condition comprising dispensing first and second sealant components to a myocardial infarction via an introducer extending through a percutaneous puncture in a subxiphoid region, the first and second sealant components combining to form a medical sealant material that bonds to the myocardial infarction to form a reinforcement for the myocardial infarction, wherein the reinforcement does not include a patch.
A myocardial infarction reinforcement consisting of a medical sealant material configured to extend over and bond to a myocardial infarction to form the reinforcement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.