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Method and apparatus for forming apertures in blood vessels

  • US 20050101983A1
  • Filed: 09/22/2003
  • Published: 05/12/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1998
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. Hole forming apparatus for forming a hole in a blood vessel, comprising:

  • a penetration shaft, having a tip adapted to be inserted through a wall of a blood vessel;

    a tissue holder, configured to hold a portion of said wall, said holder being activated to perform said holding separately from an insertion of said penetration shaft through said wall; and

    a cutting surface adapted to cut through the wall.

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