Patent ID: 9724084
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A method for percutaneously anchoring tissue within a heart of a patient comprising the steps of: locating a first tissue location inside a right ventricle; advancing a wire from the right ventricle through the tricuspid annulus to the right atrium at the first location; capturing the wire within the right atrium and pulling the wire outside of a body of the patient, whereby the wire extends within the right ventricle and the right atrium; deploying a distal portion of a first tissue anchor at the first tissue location such that the distal portion is deployed into the right ventricle; deploying a proximal portion of the first tissue anchor at the first tissue location such that the proximal portion is deployed inside the right atrium; locating a second tissue location inside the right ventricle; deploying a distal portion of a second tissue anchor at the second tissue location such that the second anchor tissue is deployed into the right ventricle; deploying a proximal portion of the second tissue anchor at the second tissue location such that the proximal portion is deployed inside the right atrium; and plicating the tissue by changing the distance between the first and second tissue anchors.