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Method for connecting nerves via a side-to-side epineurial window using artificial conduits

  • US 8,758,374 B2
  • Filed: 09/15/2011
  • Issued: 06/24/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for repairing an at least partially transected nerve, the method comprisingproviding a donor nerve and a recipient nerve, wherein the recipient nerve is at least partially transected at a proximal site;

  • creating a first epineurial window in a side of the donor nerve and a second epineurial window in a side of the recipient nerve at a site distal from the proximal site;

    arranging the donor nerve and the recipient nerve in a side-by-side fashion with the first and second epineurial windows proximate to one another;

    positioning between the first and second epineurial windows a bridging element having first and second ends and defining a conduit; and

    connecting the first end of the bridging element to the first epineurial window and the second end of the bridging element to the second epineurial window such that the first and second epineurial windows are in fluid communication with each other via the conduit to permit transmission of signals from the donor nerve to the recipient nerve.

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