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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2002
Applicants:
William E. Cohn, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
John R. Liddicoat, Boston, MA (US);
Steven B. Woolfson, Boston, MA (US);
Todd F. Davenport, Andover, MA (US);
Richard B. Streeter, Winchester, MA (US);
Inventors:
William E. Cohn, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
John R. Liddicoat, Boston, MA (US);
Steven B. Woolfson, Boston, MA (US);
Todd F. Davenport, Andover, MA (US);
Richard B. Streeter, Winchester, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for reducing mitral regurgitation includes deploying deforming matter into a selected one of (i) a mitral valve annulus adjacent a posterior leaflet, and (ii) tissue adjacent the mitral valve annulus and proximate the posterior leaflet, to cause conformational change in the mitral valve annulus to increase mitral valve leaflet coaptation.