Treating dysfunctional cardiac tissue

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8491455
SERIAL NO

12245040

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Medical devices, systems, and methods reduce the distance between two points in tissue, often for treatment of congestive heart failure and often in a minimally invasive manner. An anchor is inserted along an insertion path through a first wall of the heart. An arm of the anchor is deployed and rotationally positioned according to a desired alignment. Application of tension to the anchor may draw the first and second walls of the heart into contact along a desired contour so as to effect a desired change in the geometry of the heart. Additional anchors may be inserted and aligned with the first anchor to close off a portion of a ventricle such that the ventricle is geometrically remodeled and disease progression is reversed, halted, and/or slowed.

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  • BIOVENTRIX, INC.;BIOVENTRIX (A CHF TECHNOLOGIES, INC.)

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Annest, Lon S New York, US 33 1641
Argento, Claudio Los Gatos, US 107 7740
Butler, William San Ramon, US 23 1101
Heflin, Ernest Pleasanton, US 10 539

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