Alexander Khairkhahan,Hugh R. Sharkey,Serjan D. Nikolic
申请号:
US11801075
公开号:
US08657873B2
申请日:
2007.05.07
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要:
A system for improving cardiac function is provided. A foldable and expandable frame having at least one anchoring formation is attached to an elongate manipulator and placed in a catheter tube while folded. The tube is inserted into a left ventricle of a heart where the frame is ejected from the tube and expands in the left ventricle. Movements of the elongate manipulator cause the anchor to penetrate the heart muscle and the elongate manipulator to release the frame. The installed frame minimizes the effects of an akinetic portion of the heart forming an aneurysmic bulge.