Soft body tissue remodeling methods and apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9492277
APP PUB NO 20070049942A1
SERIAL NO

11215341

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Soft body tissue structure can be remodeled by shortening the distance between first and second portions of that tissue structure. First and second anchor structures are respectively implanted in the first and second portions of the tissue structure. These anchor structures are linked by a linking structure, the length of which between the anchor structures can be shortened to pull the tissue structure portions toward one another. Each of the anchor structures may include two screw structures that are driven into the associated tissue structure portion transverse to the linking structure and with a spacer between the two screws. The entire prosthesis can be implanted percutaneously if desired. An illustrative use of the prosthesis is to shorten the annulus of a patient's mitral valve, with at least a portion of the prosthesis implanted in the patient's coronary sinus.

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MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH200 FIRST STREET SW ROCHESTER MN 55905

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Brenzel, Michael P St. Paul, US 63 2778
Costello, David M Waconia, US 31 1746
Dale, Theodore P Minneapolis, US 22 960
Hindrichs, Paul J Plymouth, US 41 4645
Krinke, Todd A Rockford, US 58 2587
Kruse, Steven D St. Michael, US 21 2713
Thompson, Paul Minnetonka, US 63 2146
Zehr, Kenton J Rochester, US 4 1137

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