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US 2011/0238169 A1Published application
Annuloplasty device
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorMark L. Jenson
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods associated with annuloplasty are described herein. One or more annuloplasty devices include a number of longitudinal filaments moveable between an introductory configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein the number of longitudinal filaments are one or more lengths, and a shell, wherein the shell contains the number of longitudinal filaments and a curable polymer to maintain the annuloplasty device in a deployed configuration.
Claims20
An annuloplasty device, comprising:
- a number of longitudinal filaments moveable between an introductory configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein the number of longitudinal filaments are one or more lengths;
- and
- a shell, wherein the shell contains the number of longitudinal filaments and a curable polymer to maintain the annuloplasty device in a deployed configuration.
A method of implanting an annuloplasty device, comprising:
- inserting an annuloplasty device in an introductory configuration proximate to a mitral annulus through a vasculature;
- transforming the annuloplasty device from the introductory configuration to a deployed configuration to fit proximate to the mitral annulus;
- and
- filling the annuloplasty device with a polymer to maintain the annuloplasty device in the deployed configuration.
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An annuloplasty device delivery system, comprising:
- an annuloplasty device, wherein the annuloplasty device includes a number of longitudinal filaments within a shell;
- and
- a delivery device, wherein the delivery device is coupled to the annuloplasty device with a coupling mechanism and configured to position the annuloplasty device proximate to a mitral annulus and transition the annuloplasty device from an introductory configuration to a deployed configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.