Adjustable heart constraining apparatus and method therefore
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Sep 8, 2005
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Mar 4, 2004
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Mar 4, 2004
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An apparatus and method for treating congestive heart disease and related cardiac complications, such as valvular disorders, including a constraining device placed on a target portion of the heart or placed over the pericardium. The constraining device may be an adjustable band system defining an area under which a dysfunctional valve is located. The band system is dimensioned and constructed to exert a desired local tension or compression to selectively constrain the target portion of the heart. The band system is adapted to be adjusted for each individual band on the heart to snugly conform to an extrapericardia geometry of the heart to constrain expansion of the underlying heart portion to a desired shape and configuration.
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