Patent ID: 7722629

Claim:
A method of repairing a septal defect in a septum defined by septal tissue, the method comprising: introducing a guiding catheter into a bodily lumen of a patient; delivering a repair device proximate the septal defect via the guiding catheter, wherein the repair device includes, a suture delivering portion maintaining a suture, and a suture receiving portion; positioning the suture at a first location proximate the septal defect with the repair device; positioning the suture at a second location proximate the septal defect and spaced from the first location with the repair device; pressing overlapping tissue segments of the septum together and into contact with one another with the repair device by applying a first force to a first side of the septum and applying a second force to a second side of the septum opposite the first side; driving the suture through the septal tissue at the first location with the repair device after the step of applying the first and second forces; driving the suture through the septal tissue at the second location with the repair device after the step of applying the first and second forces; capturing the suture with the repair device; and tying the suture.