Patent ID: 9259318
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A cardiac treatment device comprising: a plurality of support elements that can be positioned in a pericardial space for placement about a surface of a mammalian heart; an inflatable member that translates using the support elements from a first position within an insertion device to a deployed position within the pericardial space and surrounding the heart, the inflatable member having one or more inflatable chambers such that at least one inflatable chamber can receive a fluid under pressure; a port to insert a fluid under pressure into at least one of the one or more inflatable chambers of the inflatable member; an actuator of the insertion device that positions the inflatable member within the pericardial space; and a plurality of rods that translate relative to the support elements, the rods being coupled to a distal end of the inflatable member such that movement of the rods within the pericardial space and relative to the support elements with the actuator operates to push the inflatable member to the deployed position that surrounds the heart within the pericardial space.