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Devices and methods for performing a vascular anastomosis

  • US 5,817,113 A
  • Filed: 01/23/1997
  • Issued: 10/06/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An anastomosis device for connecting a free end of a graft vessel to a wall of a target vessel such that a lumen in the graft vessel is in fluid communication with a lumen in the target vessel through an opening in the wall of the target vessel, the anastomosis device comprising:

  • a fastening flange, said fastening flange having a distal surface and a central orifice of sufficient size to accommodate an external diameter of said graft vessel, said fastening flange providing an attachment for said end of said graft vessel by passing said end of said graft vessel through said central orifice and everting said end of said graft vessel over said fastening flange,and a plurality of separate staple members slidably movable with respect to said fastening flange, said staple members being configured to pierce the everted end of said graft vessel and to penetrate the wall of said target vessel thereby attaching said fastening flange and the everted end of said graft vessel to the wall of said target vessel.

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