Patent ID: 9125742
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A papillary muscle positioning system comprising: a first anchor configured to fixedly connect to an in situ heart valve situated in a heart between a heart ventricle and atrium; a second anchor configured to fixedly connect to at least one of a ventricular wall and a papillary muscle of the heart; a support structure coupled between and to the first anchor and the second anchor such that adjusting a length of the support structure varies a distance between the first anchor and the second anchor; an adjustment mechanism at the first anchor configured to lockably adjust the length of the support structure; and an adjustment device for adjusting, from outside the heart and while the heart is beating, the adjustment mechanism to adjust the length of the support structure and a distance between an annulus of the heart valve and a papillary muscle of the heart.