Patent ID: 6932792

Claim:
A cardioplegia catheter for inducing cardioplegic arrest comprising: shaft with a distal end, a proximal end, an opening near the distal end, a port at the proximal end, and an inner lumen fluidly connecting the port and the opening, a distal portion of the shaft being configured to extend into the ascending aorta when a proximal portion of the shaft extends into a left chamber of the heart though the aortic valve and out of the heart through a penetration in a wall thereof; an occlusion member mounted to the shaft distally of the opening and configured to occlude the ascending aorta between the brachiocephalic a and the coronary ostia; and a sealing device for sealing the penetration in the wall of the heart around the shaft to inhibit blood flow therethrough wherein the sealing device comprises a purse string suture applicable to the wall of the heart around the penetration.