Patent ID: 11963873
Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A method of modifying a valve annulus, the method comprising:
delivering an anchor in a substantially non-coiled state to a valve annulus to be modified; and
deploying the anchor within tissue of the valve annulus such that the anchor self-transitions from the substantially non-coiled state to a pre-shaped coiled state,
wherein delivering the anchor includes constraining the anchor within a lumen in the substantially non-coiled state, and
wherein the lumen is a first lumen of the catheter, and delivering the anchor includes deploying a clip that is slidably disposed within a second lumen of the catheter into the tissue of the valve annulus to secure the distal end of the catheter relative to the valve annulus.