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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2005
Paul J. Hindrichs, Plymouth, MN (US);
Steven D. Kruse, St. Michael, MN (US);
Todd A. Krinke, Rockford, MN (US);
Michael P. Brenzel, St. Paul, MN (US);
Kenton J. Zehr, Rochester, MN (US);
Paul Thompson, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Theodore P. Dale, Minneapolis, MN (US);
David M. Costello, Waconia, MN (US);
Paul J. Hindrichs, Plymouth, MN (US);
Steven D. Kruse, St. Michael, MN (US);
Todd A. Krinke, Rockford, MN (US);
Michael P. Brenzel, St. Paul, MN (US);
Kenton J. Zehr, Rochester, MN (US);
Paul Thompson, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Theodore P. Dale, Minneapolis, MN (US);
David M. Costello, Waconia, MN (US);
MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, Rochester, MN (US);
Abstract
Soft body tissue structure can be remodeled by shortening the distance between first and second portions of that tissue structure. First and second anchor structures are respectively implanted in the first and second portions of the tissue structure. These anchor structures are linked by a linking structure, the length of which between the anchor structures can be shortened to pull the tissue structure portions toward one another. Each of the anchor structures may include two screw structures that are driven into the associated tissue structure portion transverse to the linking structure and with a spacer between the two screws. The entire prosthesis can be implanted percutaneously if desired. An illustrative use of the prosthesis is to shorten the annulus of a patient's mitral valve, with at least a portion of the prosthesis implanted in the patient's coronary sinus.