Patent ID: 6283983
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
A method for percutaneous, in-situ coronary bypass in a a lesion located in a coronary artery of a mammalian patient, said method comprising the steps of:(A) providing a flexible catheter which has a tissue piercing instrument passable therefrom;(B) inserting said catheter into the vasculature and positioning at a first location within a coronary blood vessel;(C) passing the tissue piercing instrument from the catheter to form a blood flow path between the coronary artery proximal to the lesion and a coronary vein;(D) repositioning the catheter at a second location within a coronary blood vessel; and,(E) passing the tissue piercing instrument from the catheter a second time to form a second blood flow path between the coronary artery distal to the lesion and said coronary vein.