Patent ID: 7275546

Claim:
A method for restoring the ventricular architecture of a heart having an anterior wall and an inferior wall, comprising the steps of: creating an incision in the inferior wall of the heart to expose an inner surface of the ventricle of the heart; forming a suture line around the inner surface of the inferior wall; providing a ventricular patch having a sheet of biocompatible material and a triangular continuous ring fixed to the sheet and defining a central area of the patch inwardly of the ring and an outer rim of the patch outwardly of the ring; sewing the continuous ring to the inner surface of the inferior wall so that the central area of the patch defines a portion of the ventricle of the heart; and sewing the outer rim to the inner surface of the inferior wall outward of the continuous ring of the patch to inhibit the leakage of blood by the patch.