Quick connect system for connecting a blood vessel and a cardiac prosthesis
First Claim
1. In a quick connect system for connecting a blood vessel and a cardiac prosthesis, comprising two cooperating annular connectors, one fixed to said prosthesis and the other adapted to be fixed to the end of said blood vessel;
- a removable obturating plate mounted on said connector fixed to the cardiac prosthesis so as to be able to slide in a plane at least substantially orthogonal to the axis of said connector, said plate comprising an outward extension enabling it to be gripped, when it is in its obturating position;
said connectors being provided with complementary connecting means enabling them to be joined one to the other, when said plate is in its obturating position, without preventing sliding movement of said plate; and
said connector to be fixed to said blood vessel being provided with sealing means which, when the connectors are joined one to the other, ensures tightness therebetween, and which maintains said connectors in their joined position, if said plate is separated by a sliding movement from said connector which bears it.
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Abstract
A quick connect system for connecting a blood vessel and a cardiac prosthesis comprises two cooperating annular connectors, one fixed to the prosthesis and the other to the end of the blood vessel. A removable obturating plate is mounted on the connector fixed to the cardiac prosthesis so as to be able to slide in a plane at least substantially orthogonal to the axis of the connector, this plate comprising an outward extension enabling it to be gripped, when it is in its obturating position. The invention is particularly useful in heart surgery.
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1. In a quick connect system for connecting a blood vessel and a cardiac prosthesis, comprising two cooperating annular connectors, one fixed to said prosthesis and the other adapted to be fixed to the end of said blood vessel;
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a removable obturating plate mounted on said connector fixed to the cardiac prosthesis so as to be able to slide in a plane at least substantially orthogonal to the axis of said connector, said plate comprising an outward extension enabling it to be gripped, when it is in its obturating position; said connectors being provided with complementary connecting means enabling them to be joined one to the other, when said plate is in its obturating position, without preventing sliding movement of said plate; and said connector to be fixed to said blood vessel being provided with sealing means which, when the connectors are joined one to the other, ensures tightness therebetween, and which maintains said connectors in their joined position, if said plate is separated by a sliding movement from said connector which bears it. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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