Patent ID: 11890193
Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 13:
14. A method of treatment at a tricuspid valve of a heart of a subject, the tricuspid valve having an annulus and being disposed between a right atrium and a right ventricle of the heart, the heart having a coronary sinus, and the method comprising:
transluminally advancing a first anchor to the coronary sinus and anchoring the first anchor inside the coronary sinus;
transluminally advancing a second anchor to the right atrium while the second anchor is disposed within a delivery device, the second anchor including a proximal portion, a center portion, and a distal portion, and
anchoring the second anchor at a site that is across the annulus from the coronary sinus by:
driving the distal portion from the right atrium into the annulus at the site, and
exposing the second anchor from the delivery device such that the distal portion pivots automatically to become disposed orthogonal to the center portion;

while the first anchor remains anchored inside the coronary sinus and the second anchor remains anchored to the site, reducing a distance between the first and second anchors by applying tension to a tensioning member coupled to (i) the proximal portion of the second anchor and (ii) the first anchor; and
maintaining the tension by locking a lock member to the tensioning member.