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Intraintestinal bypass graft

  • US 4,716,900 A
  • Filed: 05/09/1986
  • Issued: 01/05/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/09/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A bypass graft suitable for attachment in the lumen of a resectioned intestine or duct upstream of the anastomosis thereof comprisingan elongated tube having proximal and distal ends and formed of a thin water-impervious wall material having sufficient flexibility to conform to the natural movements of the intestine or duct surrounding it, andreinforcing means extending around the proximal end of said tube for rendering said end stronger than said thin wall material but still sufficiently flexible to conform to said natural movements,with said elongated tube abruptly terminating at its distal end in a relatively short nipple of substantially reduced cross-section.

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