Abstract: A method and a device for improving cardiac function are provided. The device is packaged in a collapsed state in an end of a catheter. Portions of a frame construction of the device spring outwardly when the catheter is withdrawn from the device. Anchoring formations on the frame construction secure the frame construction to a myocardium of the heart. A membrane secured to the frame construction then forms a division between volumes of an endocardial cavity of the heart on opposing sides of the membrane.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 1, 2002
Date of Patent:
October 9, 2007
Assignee:
CardioKlnetix, Inc.
Inventors:
Serjan D. Nikolic, Hugh R. Sharkey, Branislav Radovancevic