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  • Catheter apparatus and method for creating a vascular bypass in-vivo
    Patent number: 5676670
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catheter apparatus, an introducer system, and a methodology for creating a vascular bypass on-demand between an unobstructed blood vessel such as the aorta and an obstructed blood vessel such as an obstructed coronary artery in-vivo using a previously excised vascular segment as a shunt. The invention allows the placement and creation of single or multiple vascular grafts without use of a heart-lung machine and without need for stopping the heart of the patient during the coronary artery bypass surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Inventor: Ducksoo Kim