Patent ID: 11925558
Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 6:
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to the introducing step:
percutaneously inserting a guiding catheter into a vasculature of the patient, wherein the guiding catheter has a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen;
advancing the distal end of the guiding catheter through the vasculature to position the distal end of the guiding catheter adjacent the coronary sinus;
advancing a guidewire through the guiding catheter into the coronary sinus to a coronary vein branch wherein the coronary vein branch includes a proximal septal perforator vein, and then across myocardial or fibrous tissue of the heart to the right atrium or right ventricle; and
exchanging the wire to introduce the tensioning device through the coronary sinus to complete the introducing step.