Patent ID: 7291168
Filing Date: 2007-11-06
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method comprising providing a heart implant sized and configured to be positioned in a left atrium above the plane of a native mitral heart valve annulus having leaflets, the implant including a portion sized and configured for engagement with a wall of the left atrium above the plane of the native mitral valve annulus to interact with movement of the leaflets of the mitral heart valve to affect mitral heart valve function, establishing an intravascular access path that extends from a right atrium through a septum and into a left atrium, deploying the implant through the intravascular path into the left atrium, and positioning the implant in the left atrium with the portion engaging a wall of the left atrium above the plane of the native mitral valve annulus such that the portion interacts with movement of the leaflets of the mitral heart valve to affect mitral heart valve function.