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 7:
8. 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 an anterolateral cardiac vein, and then across myocardial or fibrous tissue of the heart through the left ventricular chamber, and further across myocardium into the right ventricular or right atrial cavity; and
exchanging the wire to introduce the tensioning device through the coronary sinus to complete the introducing step.