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Methods and devices for vascular surgery

  • US 7,022,131 B1
  • Filed: 05/30/1999
  • Issued: 04/04/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of providing a connector to a blood vessel, comprising:

  • providing a distal end of a hole puncher adjacent a blood vessel;

    punching a hole in the blood vessel, by the hole puncher;

    transporting a connector including at least one spike for attaching to the blood vessel through a lumen of the hole puncher, while the distal end of the hole puncher is adjacent the blood vessel; and

    engaging the blood vessel punched by the hole puncher, by the at least one spike,wherein transporting the connector through the lumen comprises transporting the connector from a proximal end of the hole puncher to the distal end of the hole puncher.

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