Patent ID: 8870936

Claim:
A method of reshaping a dilated ventricle of a patient comprising: applying a force against an apex portion of the ventricle along a longitudinal axis extending generally from a base of the heart to the apex portion, thereby elongating the ventricle in the longitudinal direction; wherein the act of applying a longitudinal force against the apex portion of the ventricle comprises deploying an implantable body in the ventricle, which then applies the force against the apex portion of the ventricle; wherein the implantable body comprises a radially expandable frame coupled to a pusher member, and deploying the implantable body causes the frame to deploy within the left ventricular outflow tract and the pusher member to push against an inner surface of the apex portion; wherein deploying the implantable body comprises positioning the frame within the left ventricular outflow tract immediately adjacent the aortic annulus such that during systole, blood in the left ventricle can flow through a lumen of the frame and then through the aortic annulus.