A self-anchoring cardiac harness is configured to fit at least a portion of a patient's heart and includes a tissue engaging element for frictionally engaging an outer surface of a heart. The engaging element produces sufficient friction relative to the outer surface of the heart, so that the harness...http://www.google.fr/patents/US7291105?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US7291105 - Self-anchoring cardiac harness