Patent ID: 9192472
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating treatment of a native atrioventricular valve of a body of a patient, the valve including an annulus and at least first and second leaflets, comprising: advancing an advancement catheter, which includes a tube shaped to define a tube lumen, toward the valve of the patient; advancing toward the valve at least one implant reversibly coupled to the tube by two or more longitudinal guide members, wherein respective distal portions of the longitudinal guide members are reversibly coupled to the implant, and respective portions of the longitudinal guide members are disposed at least in part along a distal portion of the tube; positioning the implant against the annulus of the patient; steering the distal portion of the tube toward, and the advancement catheter into contact with, a first location along the implant by pulling a first one of the two or more longitudinal guide members; and steering the distal portion of the tube toward, and the advancement catheter into contact with, a second location along the implant by pulling a second one of the two or more longitudinal guide members.