Patent ID: 6800090
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
An assembly for effecting the condition of a mitral valve annulus of a heart comprising:a guide wire configured to be fed into the coronary sinus of the heart: and a resilient mitral valve annulus device configured to be deformed and slidingly received on the guide wire and advanced into the coronary sinus of the heart on the guide wire and that reshapes the mitral valve annulus when in the coronary sinus of the heart, wherein the mitral valve annulus device has opposed ends and includes a guide wire engaging structure at at least one of the opposed ends, and wherein the mitral valve annulus device is further configured to change from a deformed shape toward an unstressed shape having an arched configuration to reshape the mitral valve annulus when in the coronary sinus of the heart, and wherein the mitral valve annulus has a radius, the unstressed shape having a radius smaller than the radius of the mitral valve annulus.