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WO2000015275A3
WO2000015275A3 PCT/US1999/003484 US9903484W WO0015275A3 WO 2000015275 A3 WO2000015275 A3 WO 2000015275A3 US 9903484 W US9903484 W US 9903484W WO 0015275 A3 WO0015275 A3 WO 0015275A3
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aperture
allowing blood
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William P Santamore
Greg R Furnish
Todd A Hall
Nancy M Briefs
David Y Phelps
Peter J Wilk
Simon M Furnish
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Priority to EP06002649A priority patent/EP1669042A3/en
Priority to AU63846/99A priority patent/AU6384699A/en
Priority to DE69930756T priority patent/DE69930756T2/en
Priority to EP99951404A priority patent/EP1112043B1/en
Priority to JP2000569732A priority patent/JP2003524444A/en
Priority to AT99951404T priority patent/ATE322230T1/en
Priority to PCT/US1999/020484 priority patent/WO2000015146A1/en
Publication of WO2000015275A2 publication Critical patent/WO2000015275A2/en
Priority to US09/534,038 priority patent/US7294115B1/en
Publication of WO2000015275A3 publication Critical patent/WO2000015275A3/en
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Priority to US10/174,815 priority patent/US20030045828A1/en
Priority to US10/184,933 priority patent/US6945949B2/en
Priority to US10/218,916 priority patent/US6949080B2/en
Priority to US10/681,323 priority patent/US20040147869A1/en
Priority to US11/011,192 priority patent/US20050101904A1/en
Priority to US11/143,979 priority patent/US20060122554A1/en
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M27/00—Drainage appliance for wounds or the like, i.e. wound drains, implanted drains
    • A61M27/002—Implant devices for drainage of body fluids from one part of the body to another
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods
    • A61B17/11—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for performing anastomosis; Buttons for anastomosis
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/04—Hollow or tubular parts of organs, e.g. bladders, tracheae, bronchi or bile ducts
    • A61F2/06—Blood vessels
    • A61F2/064—Blood vessels with special features to facilitate anastomotic coupling
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/24—Heart valves ; Vascular valves, e.g. venous valves; Heart implants, e.g. passive devices for improving the function of the native valve or the heart muscle; Transmyocardial revascularisation [TMR] devices; Valves implantable in the body
    • A61F2/2493—Transmyocardial revascularisation [TMR] devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods
    • A61B17/00234—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for minimally invasive surgery
    • A61B2017/00238—Type of minimally invasive operation
    • A61B2017/00243—Type of minimally invasive operation cardiac
    • A61B2017/00247—Making holes in the wall of the heart, e.g. laser Myocardial revascularization
    • A61B2017/00252—Making holes in the wall of the heart, e.g. laser Myocardial revascularization for by-pass connections, i.e. connections from heart chamber to blood vessel or from blood vessel to blood vessel
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods
    • A61B17/11—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for performing anastomosis; Buttons for anastomosis
    • A61B2017/1107—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for performing anastomosis; Buttons for anastomosis for blood vessels
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods
    • A61B17/11—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for performing anastomosis; Buttons for anastomosis
    • A61B2017/1135—End-to-side connections, e.g. T- or Y-connections

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Abstract

An anastomosis shunt device (212) is provided to provide permanent or temporary bypass around a blocked vessel. In one embodiment, the device is a partially hollow stent (218) in the form of a spike (216) adapted to be positioned in the myocardium. An aperture (220) in the stent is in communication with tube (222) that ends in a connection portion (224) on the proximal end. The aperture is positioned in the coronary artery, distal to the blockage, and a venous or arterial graft attached to the connection portion. Another embodiment (10) is a hollow lumen (12), with a distal end (14) having an opening (16) and a proximal end (20) having an aperture (18). In use, the distal end resides within the left ventricle and the aperture within the coronary artery, allowing blood to perfuse through the hollow lumen (12). In another embodiment, the device is formed as a rivet (512) for allowing blood flow to perfuse through the lumen. The device may be formed as rivet (512) allowing blood flow between vessels.
PCT/US1999/003484 1998-01-30 1999-02-17 Body fluid shunt device and method of use Ceased WO2000015275A2 (en)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP99939805A EP1121166A2 (en) 1998-09-10 1999-02-17 Body fluid shunt device and method of use
JP2000569859A JP2003534822A (en) 1998-09-10 1999-02-17 Implantable shunt device
AU32994/99A AU3299499A (en) 1998-09-10 1999-02-17 Body fluid shunt device and method of use
AT99951404T ATE322230T1 (en) 1998-09-10 1999-09-10 TMR DEVICE
PCT/US1999/020484 WO2000015146A1 (en) 1998-09-10 1999-09-10 Transmyocardial shunt for left ventricular revascularization
AU63846/99A AU6384699A (en) 1998-09-10 1999-09-10 Tmr shunt
DE69930756T DE69930756T2 (en) 1998-09-10 1999-09-10 TMR DEVICE
EP99951404A EP1112043B1 (en) 1998-09-10 1999-09-10 Tmr shunt
JP2000569732A JP2003524444A (en) 1998-09-10 1999-09-10 TMR shunt
EP06002649A EP1669042A3 (en) 1998-09-10 1999-09-10 TMR shunt
US09/534,038 US7294115B1 (en) 1998-01-30 2000-03-24 Methods of providing direct blood flow between a heart chamber and a coronary vessel
US10/174,815 US20030045828A1 (en) 1998-01-30 2002-06-20 Left ventricular conduits to coronary arteries and methods for coronary bypass
US10/184,933 US6945949B2 (en) 1998-01-30 2002-07-01 Left ventricular conduits to coronary arteries and methods for coronary bypass
US10/218,916 US6949080B2 (en) 1998-01-30 2002-08-15 Left ventricular conduits to coronary arteries and methods for coronary bypass
US10/681,323 US20040147869A1 (en) 1998-01-30 2003-10-09 Left ventricular conduits to coronary arteries and methods for coronary bypass
US11/011,192 US20050101904A1 (en) 1998-01-30 2004-12-15 Left ventricular conduits to coronary arteries and methods for coronary bypass
US11/143,979 US20060122554A1 (en) 1998-01-30 2005-06-03 Left ventricular conduits to coronary arteries and methods for coronary bypass

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US9972098P 1998-09-10 1998-09-10
US9969198P 1998-09-10 1998-09-10
US60/099,720 1998-09-10
US60/099,691 1998-09-10

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US09/534,038 Continuation-In-Part US7294115B1 (en) 1998-01-30 2000-03-24 Methods of providing direct blood flow between a heart chamber and a coronary vessel
US09/534,038 Continuation US7294115B1 (en) 1998-01-30 2000-03-24 Methods of providing direct blood flow between a heart chamber and a coronary vessel

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