Cardiac harness

Details Cardiac harness Cardiac harness

2006-04-04

2006-04-04

Gilbert, Samuel G. (Department: 3736)

Surgery

Internal organ support or sling

Reexamination Certificate

active

07022063

ABSTRACT:
A cardiac harness for treating or preventing congestive heart failure is configured to be placed about at least a portion of a patient's heart so as to apply a mild compressive force on the heart. In one embodiment, the cardiac harness is configured so that the variation of load as a function of expansion through a selected range of expansion is represented generally in the form y=ax+b, and the value of “a” does not increase as the percent expansion increases.

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