Patent ID: 8202315
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for performing an annuloplasty procedure, comprising the steps of: introducing a catheter into a left ventricle of a heart; advancing the catheter toward a gutter region of the heart under a mitral valve and at an intersection of the mitral valve and a left ventricular wall; causing the catheter to form an arc shape along a contour of the left ventricular wall in the gutter region and to be positioned in the gutter region; deploying a plurality of anchors from the catheter into tissue of the heart in the gutter region, wherein the anchors are connected by at least one suture; plicating the heart tissue by applying tension to the at least one suture to cause the anchors to be drawn together, thereby creating plications in the heart tissue; and applying a lock to the suture so as to maintain the anchors drawn together and to maintain the plications in the heart tissue.