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Antegrade cardioplegia catheter and method

  • US 6,932,792 B1
  • Filed: 07/17/2000
  • Issued: 08/23/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/23/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A cardioplegia catheter for inducing cardioplegic arrest comprising:

  • shaft with a distal end, a proximal end, an opening near the distal end, a port at the proximal end, and an inner lumen fluidly connecting the port and the opening, a distal portion of the shaft being configured to extend into the ascending aorta when a proximal portion of the shaft extends into a left chamber of the heart though the aortic valve and out of the heart through a penetration in a wall thereof;

    an occlusion member mounted to the shaft distally of the opening and configured to occlude the ascending aorta between the brachiocephalic a and the coronary ostia; and

    a sealing device for sealing the penetration in the wall of the heart around the shaft to inhibit blood flow therethrough wherein the sealing device comprises a purse string suture applicable to the wall of the heart around the penetration.

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