Patent ID: 6302892
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
A method of delivering a conduit into a portion of a patient's body having a first passageway and a second passageway joined generally at an angle, comprising:providing a delivery catheter having a proximal end and a distal end and a lumen extending therethrough;placing the delivery catheter in the patient such that the proximal end extends outside of the patient and the distal end is located substantially adjacent a location where the first passageway and the second passageway are joined;providing a conduit in the lumen of the delivery catheter, the conduit having a proximal section and a distal section;advancing the proximal section of the conduit out of the lumen at the distal end of the delivery catheter into the first passageway; andadvancing the distal section of the conduit into the second passageway,wherein the first passageway is a myocardial passageway formed through the myocardium of the heart between the left ventricle and a coronary artery.