Methods and systems for performing thoracoscopic coronary bypass and other procedures
First Claim
1. A method for forming a coronary artery bypass within a chest of a patient, the chest having a sternum and a plurality of ribs, each rib being separated from an adjacent rib by an intercostal space, the method comprising the steps of:
- creating at least one opening in the patient'"'"'s chest through at least one intercostal space;
forming one of an arterial blood source and a graft;
connecting one of the arterial blood source and the graft to a location in a coronary artery downstream from an occlusion therein with at least one tool introduced through one of the at least one opening.
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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.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for forming a coronary artery bypass within a chest of a patient, the chest having a sternum and a plurality of ribs, each rib being separated from an adjacent rib by an intercostal space, the method comprising the steps of:
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creating at least one opening in the patient'"'"'s chest through at least one intercostal space; forming one of an arterial blood source and a graft; connecting one of the arterial blood source and the graft to a location in a coronary artery downstream from an occlusion therein with at least one tool introduced through one of the at least one opening. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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