Patent ID: 6165120
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of placing an elongate member transverse a heart chamber, comprising:providing an elongate member with a first anchoring member attached to a first end of the elongate member and a leader member attached to a second end of the elongate member;penetrating a first portion of a heart wall surrounding the heart chamber with a first end of a guide mechanism;advancing the guide mechanism through the heart chamber until the first end and a second end of the guide mechanism are outside the heart chamber and the guide mechanism is transverse the chamber;advancing the leader member and the elongate member along the guide mechanism until the first anchoring member is adjacent the first portion of the heart wall and the elongate member extends transverse the heart chamber; andsecuring a second anchoring member to the second end of the elongate member adjacent a second portion of a heart wall.