Patent ID: 6966926
Filing Date: 2005-11-22
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of deploying a mitral valve therapy device within the coronary sinus of a heart adjacent the mitral valve annulus, the method including the steps of: A. providing an elongated flexible guide wire having a cross sectional dimension; B. feeding guide wire into the coronary sinus of the heart; C. providing an elongated flexible guide tube having a proximal end, a distal end, a lumen, and a side port communicating with the lumen; D. feeding the guide tube into the coronary sinus of the heart with the guide wire extending through the lumen from the distal end to and through the side port; E. providing a mitral valve therapy device configured to be slidingly received within the lumen of the guide tube, the device including a proximal end; F. providing a flexible elongated introducer configured to be slidingly received within the lumen of the guide tube, the introducer having a distal end; G. placing the device into the guide tube lumen; H. placing the introducer into the guide tube lumen; I. engaging the distal end of the introducer with the proximal end of the device; J. pushing the device with the introducer in a distal direction within the guide tube lumen until the device is at least partially encircling the mitral valve within the coronary sinus of the heart; and K. releasing the device from the guide tube into the coronary sinus of the heart adjacent to the mitral valve annulus.