Heart band with fillable chambers to modify heart valve function

Examiner created Abstract The present invention is directed towards an external heart device for modifying a heart valve function comprising: a heart band having an inner and outer layer bound to one another, at least one fillable chamber in the band located in areas where the inner and outer layers...

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Hauptverfasser:	Leinsing, Karl R, Raman, Jaishankar
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	Examiner created Abstract The present invention is directed towards an external heart device for modifying a heart valve function comprising: a heart band having an inner and outer layer bound to one another, at least one fillable chamber in the band located in areas where the inner and outer layers are not bound. Filling the fillable chamber applies a localised pressure to a region of the heart so as to modify the shape of the valve. WO 2009/032307 PCT/US2008/010421 m.Jx till % (0