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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
May. 10, 2010
Applicant:
Vinod Patel, Tampa, FL (US);
Inventor:
Vinod Patel, Tampa, FL (US);
Assignee:
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and device for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The device includes a cutting device for resection of a thickened myocardium. The operator positions the cutting device adjacent to the myocardium that is to be resected and then slides a tubular blade within an outer shell of the cutting device to resect the septum.