Patent ID: 8545551

Claim:
A method for percutaneously treating a prolapsed mitral valve leaflet of a patient comprising: percutaneously advancing a first catheter to a position below the prolapsed mitral valve leaflet, the catheter carrying a flexible cord having a first anchor attached at its distal end; deploying the first anchor from the first catheter to secure the first anchor to cardiac tissue located below the prolapsed mitral valve leaflet; percutaneously advancing a second anchor along the flexible cord from a position external to the patient to the prolapsed mitral valve leaflet, the second anchor slidably attached to the cord; securing the second anchor into the prolapsed mitral valve leaflet; and tensioning the cord after the second anchor has been secured into the prolapsed mitral valve leaflet so that the flexible cord functions as an artificial chordae tendinae, wherein tensioning the cord includes urging a proximal portion of the cord away from the distal end of the cord.