US 12,133,800 B2
Annuloplasty systems and methods
Trevor M. Greenan, Santa Rosa, CA (US); Mathew A. Haggard, Santa Rosa, CA (US); Do D. Uong, Santa Rosa, CA (US); Leonardo R. Rodriguez, Santa Rosa, CA (US); and Clara Brechtel, Santa Rosa, CA (US)
Assigned to Silara Medtech Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US)
Filed by Silara Medtech Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US)
Filed on May 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/327,406.
Application 17/327,406 is a division of application No. 16/548,543, filed on Aug. 22, 2019, granted, now 11,672,661.
Prior Publication US 2021/0275306 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2457 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2445 (2013.01); A61F 2/2466 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0091 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of performing an annuloplasty procedure, the method comprising:
introducing a catheter into a left atrium of a heart;
deploying a first member from the catheter;
anchoring the first member to an anterior side of a mitral valve annulus in the left atrium;
deploying a second member from the catheter, the second member comprising a first tensile member attachment point and a second tensile member attachment point, wherein the second member includes a structure that maintains the first tensile member attachment point and the second tensile member attachment point in a laterally spaced apart configuration, wherein deploying the second member comprises maneuvering the first tensile member attachment point and the second tensile member attachment point into an anchoring position concurrently;
anchoring the second member to a posterior side of the mitral valve annulus in the left atrium;
connecting a first tensile member to both the first member and to the first tensile member attachment point of the second member;
applying tension to the first tensile member to draw the first member and the second member toward one another and bring the posterior side and the anterior side of the mitral valve annulus into closer approximation;
deploying a separate third member from the catheter;
anchoring the third member to an anterior side of the mitral valve annulus in the left atrium;
connecting a second tensile member to both the second tensile member attachment point of the second member and to the third member; and
applying tension to the second tensile member attached between the second member and the third member to bring the posterior side and the anterior side of the mitral valve annulus into closer approximation.