PERCUTANEOUS COLLATERAL BYPASS

摘要

A bypass provided by a bypass conduit disposed in a vessel which is collateral to an occluded vessel. The bypass conduit comprises a helical wire body having a plurality of connectors connecting adjacent turns of the helical body. The bypass method comprising: preparing a selected collateral vessel to receive at least one bypass conduit comprising a helical wire body having connector connecting adjacent turns of the helical body; and implanting the at least one bypass conduit Into the prepared collateral vessel so that the bypass conduit maintains a patentcy which is sufficient to substitute for the diseased vessel.