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System and method to effect the mitral valve annulus of a heart

  • US 7,503,931 B2
  • Filed: 09/23/2005
  • Issued: 03/17/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of delivering a mitral valve therapy device into the heart, the method comprising:

  • providing a therapy device comprising a first coupling structure;

    providing a delivery device with a second coupling structure;

    releasably locking the first and second coupling structures by passing a locking member through at least one of the first and second coupling structures;

    delivering the therapy device and the delivery device through a delivery catheter; and

    deploying the therapy device from the delivery catheter and into the coronary sinus.

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