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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Katherine S. Tweden, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Assignee:
HeartStent Corporation, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/900 ;
Abstract
A transmyocardial implant includes a hollow conduit adapted to be inserted into and retained within the heart wall of a heart chamber containing oxygenated blood. The conduit is in blood-flow communication with blood contained within the chamber. A natural blood vessel graft having a first end is secured to the conduit for blood flow from the chamber to flow into the graft. The graft has a second end secured to the coronary vessel with an opening of the second end in blood flow communication with a lumen of the coronary vessel. The conduit and graft defining a blood flow path between the openings of the first and second ends.