Patent ID: 7374530
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An assembly for remodeling a heart ventricle of a patient, comprising: an access catheter defining a lumen, said access catheter configured to be deliverable from an access site through vasculature to the heart ventricle; a delivery catheter configured to be movable within said lumen of said access catheter, a distal end portion of said delivery catheter defining a recess configured to receive a portion of a wall of the ventricle, said delivery catheter also defining a suture passage that opens into said recess at a first end; a suture delivery device movable within said suture passage and configured to carry an end of a suture through the tissue present within said recess and deliver said end of said suture to a portion of said delivery catheter on a second end of said recess opposite said first end; a suture having a first end and a second end, said first end carried by said suture delivery device, said suture extending through said suture passage and said second end exiting said assembly at a location external of a patient when said assembly is in use; and a clip delivery catheter assembly configured to carry and selectively deploy a resilient clip, said clip delivery catheter assembly movable within said access catheter and including a lumen sized to accommodate multiple sutures, said clip movable to a relaxed, suture gathering position when deployed from said clip delivery catheter assembly, said suture gathering position of said clip configured to retain said multiple sutures in a gathered orientation.