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Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 23, 2025
Applicant:

4c Medical Technologies, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);

Inventors:

Saravana B. Kumar, Minnetonka, MN (US);

Steven D. Kruse, Maple Grove, MN (US);

Jason S. Diedering, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Assignee:

4C Medical Technologies, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/246 (2013.01); A61F 2/2409 (2013.01); A61F 2/2487 (2013.01); G06T 7/00 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30048 (2013.01);
Abstract

A collapsible and expandable implant for implanting in a heart chamber on a side of a heart. The implant may include an outer section including a curved portion configured to be positioned in the heart chamber. The implant may be sized such that an ellipsoid conforming to the curved portion has a height greater than a length of the heart chamber by a percentage that is within a predetermined range of height percentage values. The implant may be sized such that the ellipsoid has a width greater than a width of the heart chamber by a percentage that is within a predetermined range of width percentage values. The length and width of the heart chamber may be defined in an image of the heart chamber.


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