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Method and apparatus for the surgical repair of aneurysms

  • US 5,944,750 A
  • Filed: 07/18/1997
  • Issued: 08/31/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An attachment assembly for securing a graft to a vessel for repairing the vessel having an aneurysm therein, wherein the vessel has a vessel wall, a proximal end and a distal end and the graft has a proximal end and a distal end, said attachment assembly comprising:

  • attachment means for securing the distal end of the graft to the distal end of the vessel wall, wherein said attachment means includes a generally radially extending flexible cuff, said flexible cuff includes an inner open portion having an inner diameter and a free outer perimeter portion having an outer diameter, wherein said outer diameter is greater than said inner diameter, wherein said radially extending flexible cuff being adapted to be secured to the vessel wall; and

    graft attachment means connected to said attachment means for securing the distal end of the graft to said attachment assembly, wherein said graft attachment means includes at least one graft attachment tube extending from said inner open portion of said flexible cuff, wherein the graft is received within said at least one graft attachment tube, wherein said radially extending flexible cuff accommodates expansion of the vessel without negatively impacting the connection between the distal end of the graft and the vessel, wherein said radially extending flexible cuff laterally projects from said graft attachment means.

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