Patent ID: 7740638

Claim:
A medical device comprising: a first anchoring member to anchor to a cardiac tissue and a second anchoring member to anchor to the cardiac tissue; a ligature coupling the first anchoring member and the second anchoring member; a catheter having a size suitable for percutaneous insertion through a blood vessel and the catheter operable to be maneuvered through the blood vessel to the cardiac tissue, the catheter comprising a proximal end and a distal end and a lumen therethrough, the catheter configured to accommodate the ligature therein; and a delivery handle coupled to the proximal end of the catheter, wherein the delivery handle comprises a deployment mechanism to deploy the ligature from the catheter, wherein the delivery handle comprises a first deployment mechanism and a second deployment mechanism wherein the first deployment mechanism is configured for a dedicated deployment of the first anchoring member and the second deployment mechanism is configured for a dedicated deployment of the second anchoring member.