METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPAIRING OR REPLACING CHORDAE TENDINAE

摘要

A method and apparatus for performing mitral valve chordal repair on a patient include attaching at least one filament to a mitral valve leaflet and to a papillary muscle. The length of filaments can be adjusted by adjusting tension in a filament or by altering the effective length of a filament by cutting filament strands or by moving an adjustment member along the length of the filaments.