Patent ID: 8608797
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for treating mitral valve regurgitation, comprising: delivering through a catheter and into a ventricle of a heart, a band including a proximal coupling element; inserting the band around between 90 and 270 degrees of a mitral valve, including around at least a portion of a posterior cusp of the valve, in a space defined by (a) a ventricular wall, (b) a ventricular surface of the posterior cusp in a vicinity of an annulus of the valve, and (c) a plurality of third-order chordae tendineae, wherein the inserting comprises placing the band in a manner in which, during the placing, the band assumes a curved shape and conforms to the shape of the annulus; and coupling a distal end and a proximal end of the band to a first chorda tendinea and a second chorda tendinea, respectively, each of the first and second chordae tendineae selected from the group consisting of: one of the plurality of third-order chordae tendineae, and a first-order chorda tendinea that inserts on a commissural cusp of the mitral valve, wherein coupling comprises: