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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
David W Snow, Woodside, CA (US);
Craig L Adams, San Ramon, CA (US);
Brian S Donlon, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Hanson S Gifford, III, Woodside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Heartport, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606151 ; 606191 ; 606194 ; 606198 ; 606153 ; 606156 ;
Abstract
A coronary shunt for occluding both sides of an anastomosis site and providing a blood flow path across the anastomosis site. The shunt includes two occluding members sized and configured to occlude the coronary artery. A tether is attached to the coronary shunt and is used to remove the coronary shunt from the coronary artery before completing the anastomosis.