Medical graft connector and methods of making and installing same
First Claim
1. A connector for use in connecting an end of a tubular graft conduit to a side wall of a patient'"'"'s existing tubular body conduit via an aperture in the side wall thereof, comprising:
- a first plurality of fingers configured to engage an interior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit;
a second plurality of fingers configured to engage an exterior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit;
a third plurality of fingers received in an interior lumen of the graft conduit; and
a fourth plurality of fingers configured to pierce the graft conduit,wherein the connector is radially deformable between a first size and a second size.
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Abstract
A medical graft connector for connecting an end of a tubular graft conduit to a side wall of a patient'"'"'s existing tubular body conduit via an aperture in the side wall thereof has a first plurality of fingers configured to engage an interior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit. A second plurality of fingers is configured to engage an exterior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit. A third plurality of fingers is received in an interior lumen of the graft conduit, and a fourth plurality of fingers is configured to pierce the graft conduit. The connector is radially deformable between a first size and a second size.
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23 Claims
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1. A connector for use in connecting an end of a tubular graft conduit to a side wall of a patient'"'"'s existing tubular body conduit via an aperture in the side wall thereof, comprising:
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a first plurality of fingers configured to engage an interior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit; a second plurality of fingers configured to engage an exterior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit; a third plurality of fingers received in an interior lumen of the graft conduit; and a fourth plurality of fingers configured to pierce the graft conduit, wherein the connector is radially deformable between a first size and a second size. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A connector for use in connecting an end of a tubular graft conduit to a side wall of a patient'"'"'s existing tubular body conduit via an aperture in the side wall thereof, comprising:
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a first plurality of fingers configured to engage an interior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit; a second plurality of fingers configured to engage an exterior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit; and a third plurality of fingers configured to pierce the graft conduit wherein one of the third plurality of fingers has a narrow neck portion between a pair of shoulder portions for retaining a portion of the graft conduit between said shoulder portions wherein the pluralities of fingers are substantially radially aligned with respect to a longitudinal axis and the connector is radially deformable between a first size and a second size.
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11. A connector for use in connecting an end of a tubular graft conduit to a side wall of a patient'"'"'s existing tubular body conduit via an aperture in the side wall thereof, comprising:
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a first plurality of fingers configured to engage an interior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit wherein one of the first plurality of fingers is provided with a sharpened end portion for piercing the graft conduit; and a second plurality of fingers configured to engage an exterior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit, wherein the pluralities of fingers are substantially radially aligned with respect to a longitudinal axis and the connector is radially deformable between a first size and a second size.
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12. A connector for use in connecting an end of a tubular graft conduit to a side wall of a patient'"'"'s existing tubular body conduit via an aperture in the side wall thereof, comprising:
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a first plurality of fingers configured to engage an interior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit; and a second plurality of fingers configured to engage an exterior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit, wherein one of the second plurality of fingers is resiliently biased to a first angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the connector, wherein the pluralities of fingers are substantially radially aligned with respect to a longitudinal axis and the connector is radially deformable between a first size and a second size. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A connector for use in connecting an end of a tubular graft conduit to a side wall of a patient'"'"'s existing tubular body conduit via an aperture in the side wall thereof, comprising:
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a first plurality of fingers configured to engage an interior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit; a second plurality of fingers configured to engage an interior surface of the graft conduit and to radially expand the end portion graft conduit adjacent the existing conduit to a dimension greater than the aperture in the side wall of the existing conduit; and a third plurality of fingers configured to pierce the end portion of the graft conduit, wherein one of the third plurality of fingers has a narrow neck portion between a pair of shoulder portions for retaining a portion of the graft conduit between said shoulder portions, wherein the pluralities of fingers are substantially radially aligned with respect to a longitudinal axis and the connector is radially deformable between a first size and a second size.
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18. A connector for use in connecting an end of a tubular graft conduit to a side wall of a Patient'"'"'s existing tubular body conduit via an aperture in the side wall thereof, comprising:
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a first plurality of fingers configured to engage an interior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit; a second plurality of fingers configured to engage an interior surface of the graft conduit and to radially expand the end portion graft conduit adjacent the existing conduit to a dimension greater than the aperture in the side wall of the existing conduit; a third plurality of fingers configured to pierce the end portion of the graft conduit; and a fourth plurality of fingers configured to engage an exterior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit, wherein the pluralities of fingers are substantially radially aligned with respect to a longitudinal axis and the connector is radially deformable between a first size and a second size. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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Specification