Steerable leaflet resection device

A method of resecting a portion of a leaflet of a valve of interest comprising:

• tracking a steerable leaflet resection device through a vasculature of a patient to a valve of interest, wherein the steerable leaflet resection device includes a first jaw, a second jaw, a first cutter, and a second cutter;
• positioning the steerable leaflet resection device adjacent a free edge of a leaflet of the valve of interest;
• advancing the steerable leaflet resection device with the first and second jaws in an open configuration over the leaflet such that the leaflet is disposed between the first and second jaws;
• closing the first and second jaws to a closed configuration to secure the leaflet between the first jaw and the second jaw;
• bending the first jaw and the second jaw into a first position such that the first jaw and the second jaw are curved into a first curve;
• actuating the first cutter such that it moves along a first curved path following the first curve to cut the leaflet along a first cut following the first curved path;
• bending the first jaw and the second jaw into a second position different that the first position such that the first jaw and the second jaw are curved into a second curve;
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• actuating the second cutter such that it moves along a second curved path following the second curve to cut the leaflet along a second cut following the first second path.