Device for the treatment of infarcted tissue and method of using the device
CA 2275688 A1 · Owner: Hearten Medical, Inc. · Inventors: Laufer, Michael D.
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This invention is a device and method for treating myocardial infarction by selectively heating the infarct scar to reduce the size of the scar tissue area (18) by shrinking the tissue in the heart (10) stiffen the floppy , portion of the scar tissue reduce the ventricular systolic wall tension and , increase the overall pumping efficiency of the infarcted heart (10) by eliminating a ventricular aneurysm, if present. The heat can be applied to or , induced in, the infarct scar. Force can also be applied to assist the reduction of the size of the scar (18) using the device of the present invention which has a heating element (24) and a scissor-like clamp (26) for , squeezing two …
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- Filed December 12, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 12, 2017.
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