Patent ID: 8721718

Claim:
A system for remodeling a valve annulus, comprising: a first rod comprising a first end, a second end, a first ferromagnetic bar at the first end, a second ferromagnetic bar at a second end, and a third ferromagnetic bar between the first end and the second end; a second rod comprising a first end, a second end, and a first ferromagnetic bar; a first wire having a first end and a second end, a portion of the first wire being coiled around at least a portion of the first rod; and a second wire having a first end and a second end, a portion of the second wire being coiled around at least a portion of the second rod; wherein the first wire and the first rod are capable of forming a first inductor and the second wire and the second rod are capable of forming a second inductor, and wherein when the first inductor and second inductor are positioned on different sides of a valve annulus and an electric current is supplied to each of the first and second wires, a magnetic attraction between the first inductor and second inductor is created, which causes remodeling of the valve annulus.