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Endoscopic bypass grafting method utilizing an inguinal approach

  • US 7,033,383 B1
  • Filed: 04/13/2004
  • Issued: 04/25/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/03/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for connecting a graft conduit to the aorta in a patient'"'"'s body, the method comprising:

  • forming an incision in the body of the patient to expose a femoral artery;

    extending upwardly through the incision toward the aorta an elongated surgical instrument including a lumen therein between distal and proximal ends thereof;

    performing an aortotomy at a site along the aorta through the lumen of the surgical instrument;

    positioning one end of the graft conduit at the site through the lumen of the surgical instrument;

    forming an anastomosis of the one end of the graft conduit with the aorta at the site of the aortotomy; and

    attaching another end of the graft conduit to a blood vessel in the body of the patient.

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