Patent ID: 9421004
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A method of securing a prosthesis to an opening of an atrium of a heart comprising: advancing a catheter having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and two or more tubular anchor supports within the distal portion through the vasculature to an atrium of a heart, wherein each tubular anchor support slidably retains at least one tissue anchor therein, wherein each tubular support has a first longitudinally elongated and radially compact configuration and a second longitudinally contracted and radially expanded configuration; positioning at least a portion of the two or more tubular supports within an opening of the atrium in the first longitudinally elongated and radially compact configuration; altering the configuration of the two or more tubular supports within an opening of the atrium to attain the second longitudinally contracted and radially expanded configuration; ejecting at least one tissue anchor from each tubular support; and wherein each ejected tissue anchor passes through a prosthesis positioned within the opening of the atrium.