Patent ID: 7594886
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for changing the configuration of a patient's heart, including: providing a ventricular patch including a sheet of biocompatible material having a longitudinally elongated configuration, the patch further includes a continuous ring fixed to the sheet and having a generally longitudinally elongated configuration similar to the longitudinally elongated configuration of the sheet of biocompatible material, the ring defining a central longitudinally elongated region of the patch inside the ring and a circumferential region of the patch outside of the ring, the central longitudinally elongated region having a length and a width, the ratio of the length to the width being greater than 2:1 and the length ranges from 2 cm to 8 cm and the width ranges from 0.5 cm to 1 cm; restoring the conical apex of the heart and reducing the volume of the left ventricle using the patch within the heart.