Method and apparatus for catheter-based annuloplasty using local plications

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PATENT NO 9358112
APP PUB NO 20140188215A1
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14134454

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A method for performing annuloplasty includes accessing a left ventricle of a heart to provide a discrete plication element to the left ventricle, and engaging the plication element to tissue near a mitral valve of the heart. Engaging the plication element includes causing the plication element to gather a portion of the tissue to create a plication. In one embodiment, accessing the left ventricle of the heart to provide the plication element includes accessing the left ventricle of the heart using a catheter arrangement.

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EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATIONONE EDWARDS WAY IRVINE CA 92614

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Hlavka, Edwin Minneapolis, US 10 426
Podmore, Jonathan San Carlos, US 31 681
Spence, Paul A Louisville, US 167 24474

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