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Passive girdle for heart ventricle for therapeutic aid to patients having ventricular dilatation
Assignee: Abiomed Inc
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Filing: 1995-12-29
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Granted: 1998-09-01
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Expires: 2015-12-29
Abstract
Abstract A passive girdle is wrapped around a heart muscle which has dilatation of a ventricle to conform to the size and shape of the heart and to constrain the dilatation during diastole. The girdle is formed of a material and structure that does not expand away from the heart but may, over an extended period of time be decreased in size as dilatation decreases.
Inventors
- 👤 David M. Lederman
- 👤 Robert T. V. Kung
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 21:34
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/24; A61F2/2478; A61F2/2481; A61M; A61M60/00; A61M60/10; A61M60/122; A61M60/165; A61M60/191; A61M60/20; A61M60/289; A61M60/40; A61M60/465; A61M60/468; A61M60/50; A61M60/508; A61M60/515; A61M60/562; A61M60/569; A61M60/80; A61M60/855; A61M60/865; A61M60/869; A61F2/0063; A61F2002/0068; A61M2205/00; A61M2205/33; A61M2205/3303; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S623/00; Y10S623/902; Y10S623/904
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
97 words
A method for treatment of a patient, whose heart is characterized by ventricular dilatation comprising the steps of, wrapping a girdle around at least the ventricle of said patient's heart, said girdle being wrapped such that it can adjust in size and shape to facilitate a gradual reduction in the size of the heart; and maintaining said girdle in a passive state for an extended period of time, wherein said girdle in said passive state conforms to the outer shape of said ventricle and does not expand its dimension in a direction away from said natural heart.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
97 words
A method for treatment of a patient, whose heart is characterized by ventricular dilatation comprising the steps of, wrapping a girdle around at least the ventricle of said patient's heart, said girdle being wrapped such that it can adjust in size and shape to facilitate a gradual reduction in the size of the heart; and maintaining said girdle in a passive state for an extended period of time, wherein said girdle in said passive state conforms to the outer shape of said ventricle and does not expand its dimension in a direction away from said natural heart.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
55 words
A method in accordance with claim 1 wherein said girdle is formed of a sheet of material prestressed in the plane of said sheet to a value below the elastic limit of said material, said sheet having a tension which limits extension away from said heart, while providing compression forces radially inward toward said heart.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
72 words
A method in accordance with claim 1 wherein said girdle is formed of a vertically oriented series of sealed, independent, generally horizontally extended cylindrical segments, said vertical orientation being parallel with an axis of the heart running to its apex, including the further step of, introducing fluid into said cylindrical segments to decrease the inner perimeter of said girdle so that its size conforms generally to the size of said patient's ventricle.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
A method in accordance with claim 3 and further including means for increasing the volume of fluid within said sealed cylindrical segments in a controlled fashion to decrease the dimensions of the inner perimeter when said ventricle decreases in size over an extended period.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
98 words
A method in accordance with claim 3 and further including the step of, placing an inner lining between said cylindrical segments and the outer surface of said patient's heart and, placing a tension measuring sensor at the interface between the outer surface of said patient's heart and the inner lining of said girdle, said sensor providing an output signal indicative of the tension of said lining adjacent to said sensor, and, providing said output signal to means for adjusting the amount of fluid within said cylindrical segments until the tension at said lining is at a predetermined value.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
113 words
A method for treatment of a patient, whose heart is characterized by ventricular dilatation comprising the steps of, wrapping a girdle around at least the ventricle of said patient's heart, providing a scaffold of biologically inert material on said girdle and generating a wall on said scaffold by application of myocardial cells to said scaffold, said myocardial cells being harvested from said heart, and maintaining said girdle in a passive state for an extended period of time, said girdle being formed such that it can adjust in size and shape to conform to the outer shape of said ventricle and to not expand its dimension in a direction away from said natural heart.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
113 words
A method for treatment of a patient, whose heart is characterized by ventricular dilatation comprising the steps of, wrapping a girdle around at least the ventricle of said patient's heart, providing a scaffold of biologically inert material on said girdle and generating a wall on said scaffold by application of myocardial cells to said scaffold, said myocardial cells being harvested from said heart, and maintaining said girdle in a passive state for an extended period of time, said girdle being formed such that it can adjust in size and shape to conform to the outer shape of said ventricle and to not expand its dimension in a direction away from said natural heart.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
104 words
A method for treatment of a patient, whose heart is characterized by ventricular dilatation comprising the steps of, wrapping a girdle around at least the ventricle of said patient's heart; and maintaining said girdle in a passive state for an extended period of time, said girdle being formed such that it can adjust in size and shape to conform to the outer shape of said ventricle and to not expand its dimension in a direction away from said natural heart during diastole while offering no resistance to systolic ejection wherein said girdle is formed of a net of interlocking loops, unattached to one another.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
104 words
A method for treatment of a patient, whose heart is characterized by ventricular dilatation comprising the steps of, wrapping a girdle around at least the ventricle of said patient's heart; and maintaining said girdle in a passive state for an extended period of time, said girdle being formed such that it can adjust in size and shape to conform to the outer shape of said ventricle and to not expand its dimension in a direction away from said natural heart during diastole while offering no resistance to systolic ejection wherein said girdle is formed of a net of interlocking loops, unattached to one another.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
46 words
A method in accordance with claim 7, wherein said interlocked loops are further interconnected by strings extending in at least a first dimension and including the further step of pulling on said strings to decrease the dimension of said girdle in position around said patient's heart.
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