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Patent Inventor Names
Edwin J. Hlavka0
Jonathan L. Podmore0
Paul A. Spence0
Date of Patent
May 2, 2006
0Patent Application Number
106231820
Date Filed
July 18, 2003
0Patent Citations Received
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The present invention relates to a minimally invasive method of performing annuloplasty. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for performing annuloplasty includes accessing a left ventricle of a heart to provide a discrete plication element to the left ventricle, and engaging the plication element to tissue near a mitral valve of the heart. Engaging the plication element includes causing the plication element to gather a portion of the tissue to create a plication. In one embodiment, accessing the left ventricle of the heart to provide the plication element includes accessing the left ventricle of the heart using a catheter arrangement.
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