Transmyocardial implant with coronary ingrowth

Claim 1

A transmyocardial implant for establishing a blood flow path through a myocardium between a heart chamber and a lumen of a coronary vessel residing on an exterior of said myocardium, said implant comprising: a hollow rigid conduit having a first portion and a second portion, said first portion sized to be received within said lumen and said second portion sized to extend from said vessel through said myocardium into said chamber, said conduit having open first and second ends on respective ones of said first and second portions to define a blood flow pathway within an interior of said conduit between said first and second ends; said conduit formed of a conduit material sufficiently rigid to resist deformation and closure of said pathway in response to contraction of said myocardium and said conduit material resistant to thrombus formation; a first tissue growth inducing material secured to an exterior of said second portion for ingrowth of said myocardium into said first tissue growth inducing material; a second tissue growth inducing material secured to an exterior of said first portion for ingrowth of said vessel into said second tissue growth inducing material; and said first portion including an attachment location overlying said second tissue growth inducing material for securing a suture around said vessel overlying said first portion at said attachment location.