发明名称 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING MITRAL VALVE FUNCTION
摘要 A method and apparatus for reducing mitral regurgitation. The apparatus(90) is inserted into the coronary sinus (50) of a patient in the vicinity of the posterior leaflet (75) of the mitral valve (70), the apparatus being adapted to straighten the natural curvature of at least a portion of the coronary sinus in the vicinity of the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve, whereby to move the posterior annulus anteriorly and thereby improve leaflet coaptation and reduce mitral regurgitation.
申请公布号 CA2533556(A1) 申请公布日期 2005.02.03
申请号 CA20042533556 申请日期 2004.07.19
申请人 VIACOR, INC. 发明人 TAYLOR, DANIEL C.;ROURKE, JONATHAN M.;BARNES, TERRENCE G.;BLACKER, STEVEN J.
分类号 A61F2/24;A61F;A61M25/00 主分类号 A61F2/24
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