Delivering a conduit into a heart wall to place a coronary vessel in communication with a heart chamber and removing tissue from the vessel or heart wall to facilitate such communication

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6651670
APP PUB NO 20020161424A1
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09170994

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Devices and methods for delivering conduits into the wall of a patient's heart to communicate a coronary vessel with a heart chamber. The devices are passed through the coronary vessel and the heart wall to place the conduit and establish a blood flow path between the vessel and the heart chamber. Additional devices and methods are provided for removing tissue from a coronary vessel or the heart wall to establish a flow path between the coronary vessel in communication with the heart chamber.

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MEDTRONIC INC710 MEDTRONIC PARKWAY NE MAIL STOP LC340 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55432

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Foley, Mark J Menlo Park, CA 26 2731
Gittings, Darin C Sunnyvale, CA 60 7405
Laroya, Gilbert S Menlo Park, CA 17 2053
Rapacki, Alan R Redwood City, CA 55 8443

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