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US 7,031,775 B2Granted
Method and system for myocardial infarction repair
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorsOrhan Soykan, Maura G. Donovan
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Abstract
An implantable system is provided that includes: a cell repopulation source comprising genetic material, undifferentiated and/or differentiated contractile cells, or a combination thereof capable of forming new contractile tissue in and/or near an infarct zone of a patient's myocardium; and an electrical stimulation device for electrically stimulating the new contractile tissue in and/or near the infarct zone of the patient's myocardium or otherwise damaged or diseased myocardial tissue.
Claims6
A method of repairing the myocardium of a patient, the method comprising:
- (a) providing an implantable system comprising:
- (i) a cell repopulation source comprising genetic material, undifferentiated contractile cells, or a combination thereof, capable of forming new contractile tissue in and/or near an infarct zone of a patient's myocardium;
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- (ii) an electrical stimulation device for electrically stimulating the new contractile tissue in and/or near the infarct zone of the patient's myocardium;
- (b) implanting the cell repopulation source into and/or near the infarct zone of the myocardium of a patient;
- (c) allowing sufficient time for new contractile tissue to form from the cell repopulation source;
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- (d) electrically stimulating the new contractile tissue.
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