Patent ID: 6929011
Filing Date: 2005-08-16
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for delivering blood from a heart chamber containing blood to a target vessel of a patient's vascular system, the method comprising steps of: (a) placing a conduit having a lumen in fluid communication with a heart chamber containing blood; (b) placing the conduit in fluid communication with the lumen of a target vessel and securing the conduit to the target vessel; (c) delivering blood from the heart chamber into the conduit during at least one phase of the heart cycle; and (d) permitting blood to flow out of the conduit unrestricted in more than one direction in the lumen of the target vessel. wherein the heart chamber contains oxygenated blood and the target vessel is a coronary vessel, wherein the heart chamber is the left ventricle, and blood flows from the heart chamber into the conduit and into the target vessel during both phases of the heart cycle.