# US 7,608,102 B2 · Focused compression mitral valve device and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,608,102 B2 - Document ID: US7608102B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 10/813,354 - Filed: 2004-03-29 - Published: 2004-12-09 - Granted: 2009-10-27 - Earliest claimed: 2001-11-01 - Assignees: Cardiac Dimensions, Inc. - Inventors: John M. Adams; David G. Reuter; Mark L. Mathis; Scott J. Wolf - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7608102B2 ## CPC - A61F 2/2451: {Inserts in the coronary sinus for correcting the valve shape} - A61M 25/1006: {Balloons formed between concentric tubes} - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A mitral valve therapy device and method treats dilated cardiomyopathy. The device is configured to be placed in the coronary sinus of a heart adjacent to the mitral valve annulus. The device includes a force distributor that distributes an applied force along a pericardial wall of the coronary sinus, and a force applier that applies the applied force to one or more discrete portions of a wall of the coronary sinus adjacent to the mitral valve annulus to reshape the mitral valve annulus in a localized manner. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device that effects the condition of a mitral valve annulus of a heart comprising an elongated member dimensioned to be placed in the coronary sinus of the heart adjacent the mitral valve annulus, the elongated member having a relatively low resistance to flexure in a first direction and a relatively high resistance to flexure in a second direction, wherein the first and second directions lie in the same plane. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1 wherein the elongated member includes a first longitudinal side facing the first direction and a first plurality of notches formed in the first longitudinal side to provide the elongated member with the relatively low resistance to flexure in the first direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The device of claim 2 wherein the elongated member includes a second longitudinal side facing the second direction and a second plurality of notches formed in the second longitudinal side to render the elongated member stable when flexed in the second direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1 wherein the elongated member is bent to conform to the shape of the coronary sinus when in a first orientation. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The device of claim 4 wherein the elongated member has a first radius of curvature when in the first orientation, a second radius of curvature when in a second orientation, and wherein the first radius of curvature is less than the second radius of curvature. ### Claim 6 A device that effects the condition of a mitral valve annulus of a heart comprising an elongated member dimensioned to be placed in the coronary sinus of the heart adjacent the mitral valve annulus, the elongated member having a relatively low resistance to flexure in a first direction and a relatively high resistance to flexure in a second direction, wherein the elongated member includes a first longitudinal side facing the first direction and a first plurality of notches formed in the first longitudinal side to provide the elongated member with the relatively low resistance to flexure in the first direction, and wherein the elongated member includes a second longitudinal side facing the second direction and a second plurality of notches formed in the second longitudinal side to render the elongated member stable when flexed in the second direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The device of claim 6 wherein the first plurality of notches are larger than the second plurality of notches. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The device of claim 7 wherein the first and second directions lie in the same plane. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The device of claim 6 wherein the first and second longitudinal sides are opposite each other. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The device of claim 9 wherein the first and second directions lie in the same plane. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The device of claim 6 wherein the elongated member is bent to conform to the shape of the coronary sinus when in a first orientation.