Patent ID: 9023065
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method to reduce the volume or modify the shape of the heart, the method comprising: providing at least one implant, wherein the implant comprises a helical fastener; introducing a guide component from a remote access site into the interior of the heart, wherein the guide component has a deflectable distal tip; advancing an applier instrument through the guide component, wherein the guide component and/or the applier instrument is configured to possess sufficient column strength to resolve at least a portion of an implantation force, and wherein the implantation force comprises a force necessary to cause the helical fastener to penetrate heart tissue; bracing a distal portion of the guide component against an interior wall of the heart to apply a resolution force to counteract the implantation force; and rotating the helical fastener into the heart tissue with the applier instrument to anchor the implant to the heart tissue.