Cardiac valve annulus restraining device

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APP PUB NO 20070027533A1
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11193674

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A catheter based system for treating mitral valve regurgitation includes a restraining device having a flexible member, a plurality of movable anchor members attached to the outer surface of the flexible member, and an adjustment filament attached to the ends of the flexible member. One embodiment of the invention includes a method for attaching a flexible restraining device to the annulus of a mitral valve, and adjusting the length of the adjustment filament attached to the flexible member of the restraining device, thereby reshaping the mitral valve annulus so that the anterior and posterior leaflets of the mitral valve close during ventricular contraction.

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MEDTRONIC VASCULAR INC3576 UNOCAL PLACE SANTA ROSA CA 95403

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Douk, Nareak Lowell, MA 76 12568

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