Patent ID: 7914438

Claim:
A ventricular patch to restore the ventricular architecture of the heart, comprising: a sheet of biocompatible material having a longitudinally elongated configuration, an interior side and an exterior side; a continuous ring of tissue material fixed to the sheet on one of the interior side and the exterior side, without being sandwiched between any portions of the ventricular patch, and having a longitudinally elongated configuration similar to the a 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 2:1, wherein the ventricular patch is sized and configured to be positioned within the ventricle to restore the conical apex of the heart.