Patent ID: 9351716
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A method for occluding a left atrial appendage of a heart, the method comprising: advancing a delivery catheter and medical device through a sheath to the left atrium of a heart and to a distal portion of the sheath, the medical device having an occluder portion and an anchor portion independently moveable between a non-deployed position and a deployed position; positioning the distal portion of the sheath within the left atrial appendage of the heart with both the occluder portion and anchor portion in the non-deployed position; withdrawing the sheath relative to the medical device to move the occluder portion of the medical device from the non-deployed position to the deployed position with the anchor portion maintaining the non-deployed position such that the anchor portion is proximal a most distal end of the occluder portion; actuating a portion of a handle operatively coupled to the medical device with distal movement to move the anchor portion distally from the non-deployed position to the deployed position while the occluder portion maintains the deployed position such that the anchor portion is moved from a proximal position to a distal position so that a portion of the anchor portion is distal the occluder portion; stabilizing the medical device in the left atrial appendage with the anchor portion engaging tissue in the left atrial appendage in the deployed position; and releasing the medical device from the delivery catheter in the left atrial appendage.