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Eversion apparatus and methods

  • US 8,029,519 B2
  • Filed: 09/14/2006
  • Issued: 10/04/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of everting a graft comprising:

  • i) receiving a surgical eversion apparatus including a loop defined in a single plane the loop extending from a distal end of a handle wherein a longitudinal axis of the handle lies entirely in the single plane;

    ii) positioning a graft in a support device such that an end portion of the graft extends therefrom;

    iii) introducing the loop of the surgical eversion apparatus into the end portion of the graft extending from the support device, wherein the single plane has a first angular relationship relative to an axis of the end portion upon being introduced into the end portion;

    iv) changing an orientation of the loop relative to the graft while the loop is within the end portion such that the single plane has a second angular relationship relative to the axis of the end portion, the second angular relationship being more perpendicular than the first angular relationship; and

    v) moving the loop over and around the support device such that the loop surrounds the support device to fold at least a portion of the end portion of the graft over the support device;

    wherein a length of a perimeter of the loop is fixed throughout steps i-v.

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