Patent ID: 6439237
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A method for restoring the architecture of a human heart having a ventricle defined by a ventricular wall and a mitral valve, the method comprising the steps of:providing a patch having a first side and a second side, a central area and a circumferential area disposed outwardly of the central area, the central area and the circumferential area being separated by a line of separation; positioning the patch within the ventricle so that the patch defines with the mitral valve a ventricular chamber; sewing the patch to the ventricular wall generally along the line of separation between the central area of the patch and the circumferential area of the patch, the sewing step creating the possibility of bleeding; and sewing the circumferential area of the patch to the ventricular wall on the side of the patch opposite the mitral valve to inhibit any bleeding resulting from the first sewing step.