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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1998
Robert A Eno, Plymouth, MN (US);
Donald C Harrison, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jerry Griffin, Chicago, IL (US);
Heartstent Corporation, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A transmyocardial implant includes a hollow rigid conduit having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is sized to be larger than an initial lumen diameter of a coronary vessel. The first portion is smaller than an enlarged lumen diameter. The second portion is sized to extend from the first portion and through a myocardium into a heart chamber. The implant further includes a stent having a first stent diameter and adapted to be enlarged to an enlarged second stent diameter. In the first stent diameter, the stent is sized to be inserted into the initial lumen diameter. In the second diameter, the stent is sized to dilate the lumen to the enlarged lumen diameter. When the stent is at the second stent diameter, the stent has an internal diameter sized to receive the first portion of the conduit.