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Trocar for use in deploying an anastomosis device and method of performing anastomosis

  • US 6,371,964 B1
  • Filed: 11/15/1999
  • Issued: 04/16/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for forming an incision in a wall of a target vessel and delivering an anastomosis device for connecting an end of a graft vessel to a target vessel at the site of the incision, the device comprising:

  • a member having a piercing element at a distal end thereof and the member being adapted to cooperate with a deployment tool such that the anastomosis device can be delivered to the incision site by the development tool and the piercing element can be withdrawn from the incision site prior to deployment of the anastomosis device, wherein the piercing element includes a cutting blade which is movable with respect to the member such that the cutting blade can be moved from a cutting position at which the cutting blade is exposed with respect to the member to a retracted position at which the cutting blade is not exposed with respect to the member.

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