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US 2004/0073157 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for performing coronary artery bypass surgery
AssigneeHeartStent Corporation
InventorsMark B. Knudson, William L. Giese
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing coronary artery bypass surgery establishes a channel leading directly from a chamber of a heart into a coronary artery with said channel retained open during both diastole and systole. The coronary artery bypass procedure may be performed with or without cardiopulmonary bypass.
Claims15
A method for performing a coronary artery bypass procedure for supplementing a flow of blood to a coronary artery, said method comprising:
- forming a blood flow path from a heart chamber directly to said coronary artery and maintaining said blood flow path open during both systole and diastole.
An apparatus for use in a coronary artery bypass procedure for supplementing a flow of blood to a coronary artery, said apparatus comprising:
- a. a blood flow conduit having a first end adapted to be inserted into and retained within a wall of a heart chamber containing oxygenated blood with said first end in blood flow communication with blood contained within said chamber;
- b. said conduit having a second end adapted to be inserted into and retained within said-coronary artery with said second end in blood flow communication with a lumen of said coronary artery;
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- c. said conduit adapted to define an open blood flow path during both diastole and systole.
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