Patent ID: 7402134
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61N

Abstract:
1. A method for treating cardiomyopathy, comprising: implanting a first magnetic element having a first charge at least partially within a first tissue area of the heart anatomy, wherein the first magnetic element includes at least one protrusion including a screw shape, and wherein implanting the first magnetic element comprises advancing at least a portion of the at least one protrusion by rotating the screw shape at least partially within the first tissue area of the heart anatomy; and implanting a second magnetic element having a second charge at least partially within a second tissue area of the heart anatomy, wherein the first and second magnetic elements are arranged so as to magnetically attract each other during diastole and systole causing at least one of the first or second tissue areas to move in a manner which contracts the heart anatomy throughout the cardiac cycle, wherein at least one of the first tissue area or the second tissue area comprises a wall of a ventricle and contracting the heart anatomy comprises increasing the contractibility of the ventricle.