Patent ID: 6035856
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of percutaneously bypassing an incomplete occlusion in a restricted artery of a mammal having an aorta and a branching vessel branching from the aorta, the method comprising:intraluminally accessing a first site in the branching vessel;intraluminally forming an aperture in the branching vessel at the first site;intraluminally forming a total occlusion in the restricted artery;forming an aperture in the restricted artery distal of both the incomplete occlusion and the total occlusion; andproviding a conduit to form a lumen communicating through the aperture in the branching vessel with a lumen in the branching vessel proximal of the first site and through the aperture in the restricted artery with a lumen of the restricted artery distal of the incomplete occlusion and the total occlusion.