Patent ID: 6248086
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A method of occluding a patient's ascending aorta and delivering oxygenated blood from a bypass system, comprising:providing a femoral arterial perfusion catheter having an occluding member, a blood flow lumen and a plurality of blood flow outlets in fluid communication with the blood flow lumen, the occluding member being movable from a collapsed shape to an expanded shape;introducing the femoral arterial perfusion catheter into a patient's femoral artery;positioning the occluding member in the patient's ascending aorta and the plurality of blood flow outlets in the descending aorta;moving the occluding member from the collapsed shape to the expanded shape;coupling the blood flow lumen to a source of oxygenated blood; andinfusing oxygenated blood into the patient's descending aorta through the blood flow lumen and the plurality of blood flow outlets.