US 11,723,771 B2
Papillary muscle adjustment
David Maimon, Atlit (IL); Noam Nir, Pardes-Hanna (IL); and Tomer Saar, Pardes Hanna-Karkur (IL)
Assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/150,355.
Application 17/150,355 is a division of application No. 15/956,031, filed on Apr. 18, 2018, granted, now 10,925,730.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/489,817, filed on Apr. 25, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0128304 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2454 (2013.01) [A61F 2/243 (2013.01); A61F 2/2466 (2013.01); A61F 2/2487 (2013.01); A61F 2/2457 (2013.01); A61F 2002/249 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for treating a heart valve, said method comprising:
advancing a strap device into a ventricle of a heart using a delivery system comprising a catheter, the strap device comprising first and second terminal end portions;
anchoring the first terminal end portion of the strap device to a ventricular wall portion at a base of a first papillary muscle disposed in the ventricle;
wrapping the strap device at least partially around a second papillary muscle disposed in the ventricle, the first and second papillary muscles being connected to one or more leaflets of an atrioventricular heart valve of the heart;
anchoring the second terminal end portion of the strap device to the ventricular wall portion at the base of the first papillary muscle; and
pulling the second papillary muscle towards the ventricular wall portion using the strap device.