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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2003
Serjan D. Nikolic, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hugh R. Sharkey, Redwood City, CA (US);
Branislav Radovancevic, Houston, TX (US);
Serjan D. Nikolic, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hugh R. Sharkey, Redwood City, CA (US);
Branislav Radovancevic, Houston, TX (US);
CardioKinetix, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and a device for improving cardiac function are provided. The device is packaged in a collapsed state in an end of a catheter. Portions of a frame construction of the device spring outwardly when the catheter is withdrawn from the device. Anchoring formations on the frame construction secure the frame construction to a myocardium of the heart. A membrane secured to the frame construction then forms a division between volumes of an endocardial cavity of the heart on opposing sides of the membrane.