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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2015
4tech Inc., Newton, MA (US);
Michael Gilmore, Ardrahan, IE;
Paolo Denti, Milan, IT;
Andrea Guidotti, Zurich, CH;
Mohamed Azeem Latib, Milan, IT;
Kevin Lynn, Athenry, IE;
John Mullins, Tuam, IE;
Francesco Maisano, Zurich, CH;
David Zarbatany, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
4TECH INC., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided including making an opening () through an atrial septum () at a septal site () at least 5 mm from a fossa ovalis (). A first tissue anchor () is endovascularly advanced to a left-atrial site () on an annulus of a mitral valve () or a wall of a left atrium () above the annulus. The first tissue anchor () is implanted at the left-atrial site (). A second tissue anchor () is endovascularly advanced to a right-atrial site () on an annulus of a tricuspid valve () or a wall of a right atrium () above the annulus. The second tissue () anchor is implanted at the right-atrial site (). The left-atrial site () and the right-atrial site () are approximated by tensioning a tether () that passes through the opening () of the atrial septum () and connects the first and the second tissue anchors (). Other embodiments are also described.