Patent ID: 8979750
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method for treating a heart within a patient, the heart having first and second chambers with a septum therebetween, the second chamber having an exterior wall, the method comprising: advancing a first elongate shaft from outside the patient into the heart along a first path so that a distal end of the first shaft is disposed in the first chamber; advancing a second elongate shaft along a second path from outside the heart, through the exterior wall and through the septum so that a distal end of the second shaft is disposed in the first chamber; joining the first path to the second path by coupling the distal end of the first shaft with the distal end of the second shaft within the first chamber of the heart; advancing a first anchor and an elongate tension member into the heart along the joined paths, wherein the tension member is advanced into the first chamber and the tension member extends from the first anchor in the first chamber, through the septum, through the second chamber, and through the exterior wall with an end portion of the tension member being disposed outside the heart; coupling a second anchor to the tension member end portion outside the heart; and applying tension between the anchors with the tension member so that the anchors urge the septum and the external wall to engage.