Patent ID: 7326174
Filing Date: 2008-02-05
Classification: A61F,A61P,D04B,D10B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A device for treating cardiac disease of a heart having an upper portion and a lower portion divided by an A-V groove, the device comprising: a. a jacket of flexible material defining a volume between an upper end and a lower end, the jacket adapted to be secured to the heart and adapted to be adjusted on the heart to snugly conform to an external geometry of the heart and assume a volume for the jacket to constrain expansion of the heart during diastole and permit substantially unimpeded contraction of the heart during systole; b. a non-adherent material coating on the flexible material of the jacket; and c. a delivery source including one or more therapeutic agents on the non-adherent material coating for the delivery of the one or more therapeutic agents to the surface of the heart.