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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark B. Knudson, Shoreview, MN (US);
William L. Giese, Arlington, VA (US);
Assignee:
HeartStent Corporation, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing coronary artery bypass surgery establishes a channel leading directly from a chamber of a heart into a coronary artery with said channel retained open during both diastole and systole. The coronary artery bypass procedure may be performed with or without cardiopulmonary bypass.