Patent ID: 7037334

Claim:
A system for use in an annuloplasty procedure, the system comprising: a catheter assembly configured for insertion through an aorta of the heart into a left ventricle of the heart to reach a region of the left ventricle substantially below the mitral valve; and a suture structure comprising a first bar member, a second bar member, a thread, and a locking element, the first bar member and the second bar member being coupled to the thread, the locking element being arranged to move over the thread, the catheter assembly being configured to cause the first bar member and the second bar member to penetrate tissue near the mitral valve, the catheter assembly further being configured to move the locking element over the thread into contact with the tissue on a ventricular side of the mitral valve, wherein a plication is created in the tissue substantially between the first bar member, the second bar member, and the locking element.