Patent ID: 9402722
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. A method for treating a heart, the heart having a first chamber bordered by a septum and a wall, wherein the chamber comprises a left ventricle of the heart, the heart having a second chamber separated from the first chamber by the septum, the method comprising: penetrating the septum at a first location; penetrating the wall at a second location; penetrating the wall at a third location that is laterally offset from the second location; affixing a first anchor adjacent the penetration of the septum; affixing a second anchor adjacent the penetration of the wall at the second location, wherein a first tension member extends from the first anchor to the second anchor and tensionalby couples the first anchor and the second anchor; affixing a third anchor adjacent the penetration of the wall at the third location, wherein a second tension member extends from the first anchor to the third anchor and tensionalby couples the first anchor and the third anchor such that a plurality of anchors positioned adjacent the wall are tensionably coupled with the first anchor; applying tension between the first anchor, the second anchor, and the third anchor by tensioning the first tension member and the second tension member so that tension is applied between the septum and the wall; wherein the first anchor, the second anchor, and the third anchor are tensioned sufficiently to bring the wall and septum into engagement, and wherein the second and third anchors are separated so as to, in combination, extend the engagement across a portion of the wall sufficiently to effectively exclude regions of the wall and septum from the left ventricle with scar tissue extending along the excluded regions.