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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1998
Robert A. Eno, Plymouth, MN (US);
Guy P. Vanney, Blaine, MN (US);
Mark B. Knudson, Shoreview, MN (US);
Katherine S. Tweden, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Heartstent Corporation, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A transmyocardial implant includes a hollow conduit having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is received within the lumen. The first portion has an axial dimension aligned with an axis of the vessel. The second portion is sized to extend from the vessel through the myocardium into the heart chamber. The conduit has open first and second ends on axial ends of respective ones of the first and second portions to define a blood flow pathway within an interior of the conduit between the first and second ends. A collar surrounds an exterior of the artery overlying the first portion at the first open end.