Patent ID: 8226711

Claim:
A method of treating an in situ mitral valve, comprising: providing a valve repair device to be secured to a mitral valve annulus, the device including a basal anchor adapted to attach around at least a portion of the mitral valve annulus and having a pylon fixed thereto that extends through the mitral valve opening into the left ventricle associated with the mitral valve, the device further including tension members attached to the pylon within the left ventricle and each having a length sufficient to extend to a papillary muscle within the left ventricle, the device further including an anchor corresponding to each tension member for securing the tension member to the respective papillary muscle; delivering the device to the mitral valve annulus; anchoring the tension members to respective papillary muscles using the corresponding anchors; securing the basal anchor to the mitral valve annulus; and establishing tension in the tension members between the respective papillary muscles and the basal anchor.