Patent ID: 6123682
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
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 portion and a separate second portion;the first portion adapted to be advanced through a patient's vasculature system and inserted into and retained within the heart wall of a heart chamber containing oxygenated blood with an opening of the first portion in blood-flow communication with blood contained within the chamber, said first portion dimensioned so as to extend through the heart wall from said coronary vessel into communication with said chamber;the second portion adapted to be advanced through the patient's vasculature system to be inserted into and retained within the coronary vessel with an opening of the second portion in blood flow communication with a lumen of the coronary vessel; andthe first and second portions connectable when so retained to form the conduit defining a blood flow path between the openings of the first and second portions from said heart chamber to said coronary vessel.