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Patent Inventor Names
William E. Cohn0
John R. Liddicoat0
Richard B. Streeter0
Steven B. Woolfson0
Todd F. Davenport0
Date of Patent
May 30, 2006
0Patent Application Number
102804010
Date Filed
October 25, 2002
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A method for reducing mitral regurgitation includes deploying deforming matter into a selected one of (i) a mitral valve annulus adjacent a posterior leaflet, and (ii) tissue adjacent the mitral valve annulus and proximate the posterior leaflet, to cause conformational change in the mitral valve annulus to increase mitral valve leaflet coaptation.
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