Patent ID: 9107749
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of treating an atrioventricular heart valve, comprising: stopping the patient's heart and providing access to a heart chamber; implanting a device within the heart chamber, wherein the device includes an annuloplasty ring, a plurality of elongate members extending from the annuloplasty ring each having an end configured to be secured to a papillary muscle, and an adjustment mechanism for simultaneously altering a diameter of the annuloplasty ring and exerting a pulling force on at least one of the plurality of elongate members, wherein adjusting the adjustment mechanism includes rotating a component of the adjustment mechanism; securing the annuloplasty ring to an annulus of the atrioventricular heart valve; securing the end of each of the elongate members to a papillary muscle within the heart chamber; closing the implant site and restarting the patient's heart; altering the diameter of the annuloplasty ring; exerting a pulling force on the plurality of elongate members so as to alter a positioning of the papillary muscle relative to the annuloplasty ring, during the step of altering the diameter of the annuloplasty ring; wherein the step of altering the diameter of the annuloplasty ring and the step of exerting a pulling force on the plurality of elongate members occur simultaneously through adjusting the adjustment mechanism; and monitoring a function of the atrioventricular heart valve while adjusting the adjustment mechanism.