Patent ID: 8133272

Claim:
A method of constricting a heart valve of a patient comprising: providing a medical device comprising: a delivery shaft having a delivery lumen, a proximal end, and a distal end, said delivery shaft further comprising a first deployment shaft and a second deployment shaft disposed within said delivery lumen, said delivery shaft further comprising a ligature releasably coupled thereto, said ligature having a first anchoring member and a second anchoring member; and a delivery handle coupled to the delivery shaft and having a first deployment mechanism and a second deployment mechanism wherein said first deployment mechanism is coupled to said first deployment shaft and said second deployment mechanism is coupled to said second deployment shaft; and deploying said ligature into said patient wherein said first deployment shaft deploys said first anchoring member to a first tissue area around said heart valve and said second deployment shaft deploys said second anchoring member to a second tissue area of said heart valve, and wherein said deploying anchors said first anchoring member to said first tissue area and said second anchoring member to said second tissue area.