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System and method for percutaneous coronary artery bypass

  • US 6,026,814 A
  • Filed: 03/06/1997
  • Issued: 02/22/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of percutaneously bypassing a restriction in an artery of a mammal having an aorta, the artery having an artery wall defining an artery lumen and the aorta having an aorta wall defining an aorta lumen, the method comprising:

  • providing a graft defining a graft lumen and having a body portion with a first end and a second end;

    forming an aperture in the aorta wall;

    inserting the graft into the aorta lumen;

    connecting the first end of the graft to the aorta wall about the aperture in the aorta wall;

    advancing the body portion of the graft through the aperture in the aorta wall after connecting the first end of the graft to the aorta wall;

    forming an aperture in the artery wall distal of the restriction; and

    connecting the second end of the graft to the artery wall about the aperture therein such that the graft lumen communicates with the aorta lumen and the artery lumen.

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