| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a partitioning device for separating a patient's heart chamber into a productive portion and a non-productive portion. <P>SOLUTION: The partitioning device is particularly suitable for treating patients with congestive heart failure. The device 10 has a frame-reinforced, expandable membrane which separates the productive portion 58 and the non-productive portion 59 of the heart chamber 57. The proximal ends of ribs 14 of the frame have tissue penetrating elements about the periphery thereof which are configured to penetrate tissue lining the heart wall at an angle approximately perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the partitioning device. The partitioning device has a hub 12 with a non-traumatic distal end to engage the ventricular wall. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT</p> |
