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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
May. 04, 2004
James Cox, Hamel, MN (US);
Michael J. Girard, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Donald F. Palme, Ii, Princeton, MN (US);
Donald G. Rohrbaugh, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Hani N. Sabbah, Waterford, MI (US);
J. Edward Shapland, Ii, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Robert G. Walsh, Lakeville, MN (US);
James Cox, Hamel, MN (US);
Michael J. Girard, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Donald F. Palme, II, Princeton, MN (US);
Donald G. Rohrbaugh, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Hani N. Sabbah, Waterford, MI (US);
J. Edward Shapland, II, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Robert G. Walsh, Lakeville, MN (US);
Acorn Cardiovascular, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A device for treating cardiac disease of a heart having an upper portion and a lower portion divided by an A-V groove, the device including a jacket adapted to be secured to the heart, and a non-adherent material in association with the jacket. The jacket is fabricated from a flexible material defining a volume between an upper and a lower end, the jacket being adapted to be adjusted on the heart to snugly conform to an external geometry of the heart and assume a maximum adjusted volume for the jacket to constrain expansion of the heart beyond the maximum adjusted volume during diastole and permit substantially unimpeded contraction of the heart during systole. As a result of the flexible material, the jacket allows unimpeded diastolic filling of the heart. Also described is a method for treating cardiac disease including surgically accessing the heart, applying the treatment device of the invention, securing the treatment device to the heart, and surgically closing access to the heart while leaving the treatment device on the heart.