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Methods and systems for performing thoracoscopic coronary bypass and other procedures

  • US 7,028,692 B2
  • Filed: 09/19/2001
  • Issued: 04/18/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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:

  • 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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