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Tissue connector apparatus and methods

  • US 8,353,921 B2
  • Filed: 08/04/2010
  • Issued: 01/15/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of securing portions of material together, at least one of which comprises tissue, the method comprising placing at least a portion of a first piercing member, having a surgical fastener coupled thereto, in a vessel lumen, placing at least a portion of a second piercing member, which also is coupled to the surgical fastener and where at least one of the piercing members is coupled to the surgical fastener with a flexible member, in a tubular graft, passing the first piercing member through the wall of the vessel from an interior surface thereof, passing the second piercing member through the wall of the tubular graft from an interior surface thereof, and positioning the fastener with one portion thereof extending through said vessel wall and another portion extending through said graft wall.

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