Patent ID: 9226825
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. A method for advancing an operational device into a left ventricle of a heart to contact ventricular wall tissue comprising: advancing an operational device into a left ventricle and circumferentially along at least a portion of the ventricular wall tissue at or adjacent to a mitral valve having leaflets, the operational device comprising a plurality of side wall openings facing the tissue below the leaflets; acting on the ventricular wall tissue by securing a series of anchors at or adjacent to the mitral valve, wherein the series of anchors are delivered through the plurality of side wall openings such that each anchor engages the tissue on a ventricular side of the heart without penetrating into tissue of a left atrium and wherein the series of anchors are directly coupled to a tether, the tether arranged to travel through the plurality of side wall openings to deliver the series of anchors, wherein the series of anchors comprise a proximal anchor coupled to the tether and a distal anchor secured to the tether and wherein the acting on step comprises pulling on the tether to reduce the distance between the proximal and distal anchors; and removing the operational device from the left ventricle.