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US 7,033,372 B1Granted
Corkscrew reinforced left ventricle to coronary artery channel
AssigneePercardia, Inc.
InventorPatrick Cahalan
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Abstract
A coil is screwed into the heart wall HW between the left ventricle and coronary artery, followed by forming of a channel with laser, plasma, electrical, or mechanical device therethrough.
Claims13
A method for forming a channel between a heart chamber and a coronary vessel through body tissue, comprising:
- screwing a coil into the body tissue between the heart chamber and coronary vessel;
- and
- forming a channel within the coil in the body tissue that connects the heart chamber to the coronary vessel so as to place the heart chamber and the coronary vessel in flow communication with each other, wherein the channel does not include a naturally occurring blood containing anatomical conduit,
- wherein the screwing of the coil into the body tissue is completed prior to the forming of the channel.
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A method for forming a channel between a first body lumen and a second body lumen through body tissue, comprising:
- screwing a coil into the body tissue between the first and second body lumens;
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- forming a channel in the body tissue that connects the first body lumen to the second body lumen, the body tissue defining a lumen of the channel,
- wherein the coil is not within the lumen of the channel and the lumen of the channel is within the coil.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.