Patent ID: 6026814
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
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 graft defining a graft lumen and having a body portion with a first end and a second end;forming an aperture in the aorta wall;inserting the graft into the aorta lumen;connecting the first end of the graft to the aorta wall about the aperture in the aorta wall;advancing the body portion of the graft through the aperture in the aorta wall after connecting the first end of the graft to the aorta wall;forming an aperture in the artery wall distal of the restriction; andconnecting the second end of the graft to the artery wall about the aperture therein such that the graft lumen communicates with the aorta lumen and the artery lumen.