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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2001
Wesley D. Sterman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lawrence C. Siegel, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Patricia E. Curtis, Hillsborough, CA (US);
John H. Stevens, Palo Alto, CA (US);
William S. Peters, Woodside, CA (US);
Timothy R. Machold, Moss Beach, CA (US);
Wesley D. Sterman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lawrence C. Siegel, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Patricia E. Curtis, Hillsborough, CA (US);
John H. Stevens, Palo Alto, CA (US);
William S. Peters, Woodside, CA (US);
Timothy R. Machold, Moss Beach, CA (US);
Heartport, Inc., Redwood, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for closed-chest cardiac surgical intervention relies on viewing the cardiac region through a thoracoscope or other viewing scope and endovascularly partitioning the patient's arterial system at a location within the ascending aorta. The cardiopulmonary bypass and cardioplegia can be induced, and a variety of surgical procedures performed on the stopped heart using percutaneously introduced tools. The method of the present invention will be particularly suitable for forming coronary artery bypass grafts, where an arterial blood source is created using least invasive surgical techniques, and the arterial source is connected to a target location within a coronary artery while the patient is under cardiopulmonary bypass and cardioplegia.