Patent ID: 8906052

Claim:
A method for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, comprising the steps of: puncturing an artery selected from the group consisting of a femoral artery or a brachial artery; inserting a sheath into said puncture; threading a guide wire through said sheath into a left ventricle of a heart; threading a device through said sheath into said left ventricle of said heart, wherein said device comprises: a catheter having a proximal opening and a distal opening, a cutting device disposed at the distal opening of said catheter, said cutting device having an outer shell, said outer shell having a void, said outer shell having a plurality of holes disposed at a distal end, and a tubular blade slideably disposed within said outer shell, said tubular blade having a void of similar shape to said void of said outer shell, said void of said tubular blade being aligned with said void of said outer shell; positioning said cutting device adjacent to a myocardium needing to be excised; and sliding said tubular blade to excise said myocardium.