Patent ID: 7041079

Claim:
A method of using an occlusion catheter for the ascending aorta, the method comprising the steps of: making an incision or a hole in a chest of a patient to provide access to an ascending aorta from the outside and creating an opening at an insertion site of the ascending aorta, and then expanding the opening in the ascending aorta with a dilator: inserting the occlusion catheter for the ascending aorta, following the expansion of the opening in the ascending aorta, into the ascending aorta through the incision in the chest and the expanded opening in the ascending aorta and fixing the occlusion catheter to the ascending aorta; placing a balloon in a proper indwelling position and inflating the balloon to occlude the ascending aorta; and releasing a cardiac muscle protective drug from a drug release aperture to deliver the cardiac muscle protective drug to a vicinity of a coronary ostium.