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

Claim 0:
1. A method for modifying a valve annulus, the method comprising:
percutaneously delivering and inserting a first guide wire into the valve annulus at a first location corresponding with a first commissure of the valve annulus to mark the first location;
percutaneously delivering and inserting a second guide wire into the valve annulus at a second location corresponding with a mid-point of a posterior aspect of the valve annulus to mark the second location;
percutaneously delivering and inserting a third guide wire into the valve annulus at a third location corresponding with a second commissure of the valve annulus to mark the third location; and
thereafter delivering and deploying an anchor within the tissue of the valve annulus based upon the marked first, second and third locations.