Patent ID: 11964112
Assignee: ANCORA HEART, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A method for performing a procedure inside a heart comprising:
positioning a catheter adjacent to heart tissue,
wherein the catheter comprises a plurality of apertures including at least a first elongate element aperture and a second elongate element aperture adjacent to each other, a first elongate element within a first elongate element lumen, a second elongate element within a second elongate element lumen,
wherein for the pair of adjacent first and second elongate element apertures, the first elongate element extends out of the first elongate element lumen through the first elongate element aperture into the second elongate element aperture, loops over the second elongate element, and extends back into the first elongate element lumen;

deploying a first tissue anchor and at least a second tissue anchor into the heart tissue, wherein a tether couples the first tissue anchor to at least the second tissue anchor; and
retracting the second elongate element from the second elongate element lumen to uncouple the first elongate element from the second elongate element and to open a channel for passage of the first and second tissue anchors, wherein the catheter comprises a retaining portion including the channel between the pair of adjacent first and second elongate element aperture.