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Devices and methods for harvesting vascular conduits

  • US 5,938,680 A
  • Filed: 06/19/1997
  • Issued: 08/17/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for minimally invasively harvesting a vessel from a patient'"'"'s body comprising the steps:

  • making a first incision in the patient over the vessel to be harvested;

    making a second incision in the patient over the vessel to be harvested;

    providing an elongate vessel harvesting instrument having a first end and a second end;

    introducing said first end into said first incision;

    separating the vessel from connective tissue by advancing said first end along the vessel for a length between said first incision and said second incision;

    extending said first end through said second incision;

    advancing said second end along the vessel toward said second incision to further separate the vessel from connective tissue;

    and removing a portion of said vessel between said first and said second incisions.

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