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US 9,125,632 B2Granted
Systems and methods for cardiac remodeling
AssigneeGuided Delivery Systems, Inc.
InventorsDidier Loulmet, Niel F. Starksen, Mariel Fabro, Eugene Serina
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Abstract
Described herein are devices and methods for improving the hemodynamic function of a patient. In particular, a first device adapted to reshape an atrio-ventricular valve is used in combination with a second device configured to further alter the blood flow through the valve. The first device is typically an implant positioned in the subvalvular space of a ventricle. The second device may be an annuloplasty implant, a non-annulus valve apparatus implant, a ventriculoplasty implant, or a cardiac rhythm management device.
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A method for reshaping a heart, comprising:
- positioning a first therapy implant adjacent a first cardiac tissue using a first delivery tool, wherein the first cardiac tissue is non-leaflet tissue at a subvalvular space of a ventricle and the first therapy implant comprises a first plurality of tissue anchors slidably coupled to a first tether;
- reconfiguring the first cardiac tissue using the first therapy implant;
- reconfiguring a second cardiac tissue at a different non-annulus location from the first cardiac tissue using a second therapy implant separate from the first therapy implant that is delivered by a second delivery tool;
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- withdrawing the first and second delivery tools and leaving the first and second therapy implants within the heart.
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