Patent ID: 11957374
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 18:
19. A method of treating a heart comprising the steps of:
inserting a catheter into the right atrium of the heart, the catheter comprising:
a shaft,
a distal catheter lumen,
a shaped cutting blade arranged around the distal catheter lumen,
a tissue articulator, the tissue articulator having a first position and a second position,
an actuator connected to the tissue articulator
a steering mechanism

while the catheter is in the right atrium, actuating the actuator to move the tissue articulator into a second position that holds the tissue against the shaped cutting blade,
cutting an aperture in the interatrial septum between the right atrium and the left atrium,
removing a cut tissue from the right atrium.