Patent ID: 6350248
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for use in a coronary artery bypass procedure at a coronary vessel disposed lying at an exterior of a heart wall, the apparatus comprising;a hollow blood flow conduit having a first end sized to be inserted into and retained within the heart wall of a heart chamber containing oxygenated blood with an opening of the first end in blood-flow communication with blood contained within the chamber, said first end having sufficient radial rigidity to resist collapse of said first end in response to contraction of said heart; the conduit having a second end sized to be connected to the coronary vessel with an opening of the second end in blood flow communication with a lumen of the coronary vessel, said second end being radially expandable within said vessel; and the conduit defining a blood flow path between the openings of the first and second ends.