Inflatable ventricular partitioning device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7976455
APP PUB NO 20090187063A1
SERIAL NO

12181282

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This invention is directed to a device and method of using the device for partitioning a patient's heart chamber into a productive portion and a non-productive portion. The device is particularly suitable for treating patients with congestive heart failure. The device has an inflatable partitioning element which separates the productive and non-productive portions of the heart chamber and in some embodiments also has a supporting element, which may also be inflatable, extending between the inflatable partitioning element and the wall of the non-productive portion of the patient's heart chamber. The supporting element may have a non-traumatic distal end to engage the ventricular wall or a tissue penetrating anchoring element to secure the device to the patient's heart wall.

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  • EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

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Khairkhahan, Alexander Palo Alto, US 76 8457

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