Patent ID: 9265938
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: A61B,A61M,A61N

Claim Text:
1. A method for activating a left ventricular summit, comprising the steps of: a. introducing a sheath; b. steering the sheath to a left ventricular summit; c. lodging a distal end of the sheath beyond the left ventricular summit; d. advancing a perforating device through a lumen of the sheath to the left ventricular summit; e. perforating the left ventricular summit with the perforating device; f. electrically coupling a cardiac stimulation device to cardiac tissue at the left ventricular summit; g. removing the sheath; and h. electrically activating the left ventricular summit using the cardiac stimulation device to achieve early closure of a mitral valve during systole.