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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2007
Roger J. Laham, Brookline, MA (US);
Graham Stewart Gardner, Sudbury, MA (US);
Thomas William Hulme, London, GB;
Joanna J. Wykrzykowska, Boston, MA (US);
Roger J. Laham, Brookline, MA (US);
Graham Stewart Gardner, Sudbury, MA (US);
Thomas William Hulme, London, GB;
Joanna J. Wykrzykowska, Boston, MA (US);
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
The following relates to catheter-based devices, systems, and methods for minimally-invasively delivering an inflatable pericardial support into the pericardial space of a mammalian myocardium. The devices and systems include extending and positioning plural support members through a catheter into the pericardial space and then positioning the inflatable member on the epicardial surface of the myocardium. Once positioned, fluid can be delivered to the inflatable member to provide a confining pressure to the myocardium.