US 12,285,337 B2
Spring and coil devices for papillary muscle approximation and ventricle remodeling
Glen T. Rabito, Lake Forest, CA (US); Robert C. Taft, Orange, CA (US); and Alison S. Curtis, Colden, CO (US)
Assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/861,017.
Application 17/861,017 is a division of application No. 16/549,056, filed on Aug. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,413,146.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/740,544, filed on Oct. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0338991 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2466 (2013.01) [A61B 17/06004 (2013.01); A61F 2/2454 (2013.01); A61F 2/246 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0498 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06076 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0091 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for treating a heart valve, the method comprising:
introducing a coil to a ventricle of a heart;
wrapping the coil along an inner wall of the ventricle; and
capturing papillary muscles of the ventricle within the coil to thereby draw the papillary muscles together.