Patent ID: 7338514

Claim:
A method of delivering a closure device to a patent foramen ovale in a heart, comprising: advancing a catheter into the right atrium of the heart; advancing the catheter through the patent foramen ovale into the left atrium of the heart; deploying a first anchor of the closure device in the left atrium; withdrawing the catheter into the right atrium of the heart; deploying a second anchor of the closure device in the right atrium, wherein deploying the second anchor includes deploying a flexible elongate member passing through the second anchor and having a first end connected to the first anchor; and positioning the second anchor, wherein positioning the second anchor includes moving the second anchor along the flexible elongate member toward the septum secundum by advancing a positioning catheter connected to the second anchor, and wherein advancing the positioning catheter includes inflating a balloon in contact with a releasable fixation mechanism of the closure device.