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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ducksoo Kim, Dover, MA (US);
Assignee:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606108 ; 606198 ; 606186 ; 606185 ; 606194 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a catheter apparatus, an introducer system, and a methodology for creating a vascular bypass on-demand between an unobstructed blood vessel such as the aorta and an obstructed blood vessel such as an obstructed coronary artery in-vivo using a previously excised vascular segment as a shunt. The invention allows the placement and creation of single or multiple vascular grafts without use of a heart-lung machine and without need for stopping the heart of the patient during the coronary artery bypass surgery.
Published as:
US5676670A; CA2257989A1; WO9747261A1; AU3295197A; EP0910320A1; JPH11512950A; AU729340B2; JP3322404B2; EP0910320A4;