| US 7,285,087 B2 | ||
| Shape memory devices and methods for reshaping heart anatomy | ||
| Shahram Moaddeb, Irvine, Calif. (US); Samuel M. Shaolian, Newport Beach, Calif. (US); Emanuel Shaoulian, Newport Beach, Calif. (US); Richard Rhee, Anaheim, Calif. (US); and Steven C. Anderson, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to MiCardia Corporation, Irvine, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on May 31, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/142,078. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/588254, filed on Jul. 15, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0015002 A1, Jan. 19, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61F 2/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 600—37 | 1 Claim |
| 1. A method for reshaping the heart anatomy, comprising:
providing a shape memory element which is transitionable between an original shape and at least one memory shape, wherein
the shape memory element comprises at least one shape memory metal or metal alloy capable of exhibiting a paramagnetic or
ferromagnetic transition and wherein activating comprises applying a magnetic field to the metal or metal alloy;
implanting the shape memory element having its original shape at least partially within a tissue area of the heart anatomy;
and
activating the shape memory element causing transition from its original shape to one of the at least one memory shapes while
the element is at least partially implanted, wherein the transition causes the tissue area to move in a manner which reshapes
the heart anatomy.
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