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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2006
Mark L. Mathis, Fremont, CA (US);
Gregory Nieminen, Bothell, WA (US);
Nathan Aronson, Chico, CA (US);
Garrett Beget, Bothell, CA (US);
Mark L. Mathis, Fremont, CA (US);
Gregory Nieminen, Bothell, WA (US);
Nathan Aronson, Chico, CA (US);
Garrett Beget, Bothell, CA (US);
Cardiac Dimensions, Inc., Kirkland, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a medical device and uses thereof that supports or changes the shape of tissue near a vessel in which the device is placed. The present invention is particularly useful in reducing mitral valve regurgitation by changing the shape of or supporting a mitral valve annulus. The device includes a support structure, a proximal anchor adapted to be positioned in a superior vena cava, and a distal anchor adapted to be positioned in a coronary sinus. The support structure engages a vessel wall to change the shape of tissue adjacent the vessel in which the intravascular support is placed.