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Method for delivery of therapeutic agents to the heart

  • US 6,152,141 A
  • Filed: 12/08/1997
  • Issued: 11/28/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/28/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for delivering a therapeutic agent to the heart of a patient comprising the steps of:

  • placing an aortic occlusion device in a location within a patient'"'"'s ascending aorta, the aortic occlusion device having an occluding member and a lumen extending therethrough having an outlet in fluid communication with the patient'"'"'s ascending aorta;

    expanding said occluding member within the patient'"'"'s ascending aorta to occlude the ascending aorta;

    infusing a cardioplegic agent into a coronary vasculature of said patient to arrest the patient'"'"'s heart;

    maintaining circulation of oxygenated blood in the patient while the patient'"'"'s heart is arrested; and

    delivering a therapeutic agent into the coronary vasculature through the aortic occlusion device.

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