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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1999
Scott J. Wolf, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Greg R. Furnish, Louisville, KY (US);
Todd A. Hall, Goshen, KY (US);
David Y. Phelps, Louisville, KY (US);
Peter J. Wilk, New York, NY (US);
Nancy C. Briefs, Nashua, NH (US);
William Santamore, Medford, NJ (US);
Daniel Burkhoff, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Percardia, Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a conduit that provides a bypass around a stenosis or occlusion in a coronary artery. The conduit is adapted to be positioned in the myocardium to provide a passage for blood to flow from a heart chamber to a coronary artery, at a site distal to the blockage or stenosis in the coronary artery. The conduit has a one-way valve positioned therein to prevent the backflow of blood from the coronary artery into the heart chamber.