Patent ID: 6159178
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
A method of occluding a patient's ascending aorta and delivering oxygenated blood to the patient, comprising the steps of:providing an aortic occlusion device having a blood delivery lumen and an occluding member, the occluding member having an interior in fluid communication with the blood delivery lumen, the occluding member being a balloon having at least one opening therein, wherein blood in the balloon passes directly through the at least one opening in the balloon;inserting the aortic occlusion device into a patient's ascending aorta;coupling the blood delivery lumen to a source of oxygenated blood;delivering oxygenated blood through the blood delivery lumen from the source of oxygenated blood so that the oxygenated blood inflates the occluding member and occludes the ascending aorta, the oxygenated blood being delivered directly through the at least one opening in the balloon and also being delivered to the patient to maintain circulation of oxygenated blood in the patient when the ascending aorta is occluded.