Patent ID: 9566443
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: A61M,A61N

Claim:
1. A system for treating heart valve malfunction including mitral regurgitation, said system comprising; a positioning structure operative to assume an expanded orientation and a contracted orientation, a retaining assembly positioned and structured to dispose said positioning structure in moveably positioning relation to an exterior of a wall of a heart, said retaining assembly and a positioning member cooperatively disposed and structured to accomplish a shape variance of the heart, substantially concurrent to said expanded orientation of said positioning assembly, and said shape variance at least partially defining a position of a mitral valve into a predetermined orientation which restricts mitral regurgitation, wherein said retaining assembly comprises a retaining structure dimensioned and configured for disposition in at least partially covering relation to a biventricular mass of a myocardium, and wherein said retaining structure comprises an open mesh material including a plurality of strands disposed in at least partially spaced relation to one another, said strands collectively disposed in at least partially surrounding relation to the biventricular mass and concurrently in retaining relation to said positioning structure.