Patent ID: 6575168
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of percutaneously bypassing a restriction in an artery of a mammal having an aorta, the artery having an artery wall defining an artery lumen and the aorta having an aorta wall defining an aorta lumen, the method comprising:providing a conduit having a body portion with a first end and a second end; forming an aperture in the aorta wall; connecting the first end of the conduit to the aorta wall about the aperture in the aorta wall; advancing the body portion of the conduit through the aperture in the aorta wall after connecting the first end of the conduit to the aorta wall; forming an aperture in the artery wall distal of the restriction; and connecting the second end of the conduit to the artery wall about the aperture therein such that the conduit communicates with the aorta lumen and the artery lumen.