Patent ID: 6401721
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for implanting an end portion of a graft within the body of a patient during a bypass grafting procedure using an elongated medical instrument having a lumen therein, the body having a circulatory system which includes a femoral artery and an aorta, the method comprising:making an incision in the body of the patient to expose the method artery and an inguinal ligament; advancing the medical instrument between the femoral artery and the inguinal ligament until a distal end of the medical instrument is positioned at a working site near the aorta within the body; advancing the end portion of the graft within the lumen of the medical instrument between the femoral artery and the inguinal ligament to the working site; and forming an anastomosis between the end portion of the graft and the aorta at the working site.