Patent ID: 9649115
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A method for modifying a left atrial appendage (“LAA”) of a heart, the method comprising: positioning a medical device coupled to a distal end of a delivery catheter within the LAA of the heart such that the medical device includes an occluder portion having a substantially non-permeable material that substantially blocks fluid from exiting the LAA; injecting contrast fluid through the delivery catheter and through a hub of the medical device and into the LAA; viewing the contrast fluid injected into the LAA with an imaging device; and determining whether the medical device is properly positioned in the LAA upon viewing the contrast fluid in the LAA with the non-permeable material of the medical device substantially maintaining the contrast fluid in the LAA; wherein the positioning the medical device comprises deploying the occluder portion of the medical device and, then, upon the occluder portion being in an expanded, deployed position, actuating an anchor portion of the medical device from a retracted position to an anchor deployed position.