Device and method for treating congestive heart failure
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Dec 7, 2006
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Nov 5, 2004
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Nov 7, 2003
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A method for treating congestive heart failure in a minimally invasive manner. The method employs a thoracoscopic device which is inserted through a patient's chest wall and into the beating heart. The device carries an elastic containment system which is transported through a lumen of the device and means for deployment of such a containment system within a chamber of the heart. The elastic containment system employs en elastic suture with at least one end anchored in the chamber wall by attached non-retraceable needle. When deployed, the elastic suture produces an increasing tensile force as the chamber expands that assists during subsequent contraction.
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