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Medical graft connector and methods of making and installing same

  • US 6,599,303 B1
  • Filed: 09/19/2000
  • Issued: 07/29/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A connector for use in connecting an end of a tubular graft conduit to a side wall of a patient'"'"'s existing tubular body conduit via an aperture in the side wall thereof, comprising:

  • a first plurality of fingers configured to engage an interior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit;

    a second plurality of fingers configured to engage an exterior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit, wherein the pluralities of fingers are substantially radially aligned with respect to a longitudinal axis and the connector is radially deformable between a first size and a second size.

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