Patent ID: 8156942

Claim:
A method for bypassing a lesion in a coronary artery comprising the steps of: inserting a delivery device adjacent the coronary artery distal of the lesion through an outside surface of the myocardium of a heart, wherein the delivery device includes a hollow cylindrical body having a proximal end, a distal end, a substantially elbow-shaped curve, and an opening in the body proximate the elbow-shaped curve and between the proximal end and the distal end, wherein the delivery device is inserted into the myocardium such that the distal end is disposed within a chamber of the heart and the opening is disposed inside of the outside surface of the myocardium; deploying a stent disposed with the cylindrical body through the opening such that the stent exits the myocardium and enters into the coronary artery distal of the lesion; and radially expanding the stent to form a conduit between the chamber and the coronary artery.