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METHOD OF DELIVERING A TRANSSEPTAL CANNULA TO A HEART

  • US 20150217038A1
  • Filed: 04/14/2015
  • Published: 08/06/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of delivering a transseptal cannula assembly to a heart tissue, the transseptal cannula assembly comprising a flexible cannula body having distal and proximal ends with a lumen extending therebetween, a left atrial anchor coupled to a distal end of the flexible cannula body, the left atrial anchor configured to be deployed from a contracted state to an expanded state, and a right atrial anchor attachable to the left atrial anchor in vivo, and configured to be deployed from a contracted state to an expanded state, the method comprising:

  • implanting the flexible cannula body with the left atrial anchor in engagement with the heart tissue;

    advancing the right atrial anchor in vivo to the left atrial anchor;

    coupling the right atrial anchor to the left atrial anchor in vivo; and

    deploying the right atrial anchor into engagement with the heart tissue to secure the heart tissue between the left and right atrial anchors.

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