VENTRICULAR FUNCTION ASSISTING DEVICE AND A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLANTING IT

The present invention provides a ventricular function assisting device configured to be implanted in a heart ventricle designed in a form of flower-like configuration comprising two or more petals attached at a base section, said petals comprise elastic elements and/or portions capable of being elas...

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Main Authors MEYER-BRODNITZ, GIDEON, TUBISHEVITZ, AMIT, ALMOG, REMO EYAL, ROSEN, LIOR, LIPPERMAN, MICHAL
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
Published 29.04.2010
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Summary:The present invention provides a ventricular function assisting device configured to be implanted in a heart ventricle designed in a form of flower-like configuration comprising two or more petals attached at a base section, said petals comprise elastic elements and/or portions capable of being elastically bent in radial directions and optionally also in sideway and/or longitudinal directions, which allow changing the state of the device between: i) a folded conformation, in which its petals are radially pressed inwardly towards each other to assume a reduced diameter of its flower-like configuration; and ii) a deployed conformation, in which the petals are opened in a radial outward direction as the device is discharged from the delivery tube or sheath into a heart ventricle and implanted thereinside in a preloaded state.
Bibliography:Application Number: CA20092740443