Patent ID: 6579226
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
A method for applying a cardiac support device to a heart of a patient, the method comprising:surgically opening a chest cavity of the patient to provide access to the heart; providing a cardiac support device, the device comprising a jacket that defines a volume between an open upper end and a lower end; securing the jacket to a delivery device; the delivery device including: one or more attachment locations capable of releasably securing to one or more positions proximate a periphery of the open upper end of the jacket; a proximal handle; a control arrangement selectively movable between an open position and a closed position, the control arrangement connected to the one or more attachment locations such that when the control arrangement is in the closed position the one or more attachment locations are in a compact array to urge the open upper end of the jacket into a collapsed configuration and when the control arrangement is in the open position the one or more attachment locations are in an open array to urge the open upper end of the jacket into an open configuration; collapsing the device; passing the delivery device with jacket secured thereto through the opening into the chest cavity of the patient; opening the upper end of the jacket by moving the control arrangement into the open position; and passing the jacket over the heart.