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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2001
Applicants:
Peter J. Wilk, New York, NY (US);
David Y. Phelps, Louisville, KY (US);
Scott J. Wolf, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Peter J. Wilk, New York, NY (US);
David Y. Phelps, Louisville, KY (US);
Scott J. Wolf, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Percardia, Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M005/00 ; A61B017/08 ; A61F002/06 ; A61F002/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of flowing blood from a heart chamber to a coronary vessel includes providing a conduit with a first end and second end, providing the conduit within a heart wall such that the first end of the conduit is open towards the heart chamber and the second end is open towards the blood vessel, and during diastole, restricting a flow of blood from the coronary vessel to the heart chamber via the natural valve.