A61B 2017/1135
End-to-side connections
Official title: {End-to-side connections, e.g. T- or Y-connections}
A61B2017/1135 (End-to-side connections) appears on 971 US grants and 1,138 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 971
- Published applications
- 1,138
- Assignees
- 361
- Inventors
- 1,425
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Assembly for aortic end-to-side anastamosis1 Sep 2026US 12,721,717 B2ConneX Biomedical, Inc.
- Medical device for anastomosis18 Aug 2026US 12,708,366 B2Xeltis AG
- Methods and devices for percutaneous implantation of arterio-venous grafts11 Aug 2026US 12,702,742 B2Vascular Access Technologies, Inc.
- Fluid bypass conduit for left atrial pressure management14 Jul 2026US 12,678,166 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Recirculating distal intestinal content2 Jun 2026US 12,642,527 B2Saint Louis University
- Percutaneous access graft system and method27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248507 A1
- Blood Oxygenation Treatment Methods And Devices16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198924 A1NXT Biomedical, LLC
- Anastomotic coupler16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198925 A1Buck Surgical, Inc.
- Anastomotic coupler16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198926 A1Buck Surgical, Inc.
- Endovascular fixation device12 Mar 2026US 2026/0069273 A1Atrium Medical Corporation
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By later US patents
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- Method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive surgical procedures2,609US 6,436,107 B1Computer Motion, Inc. · 2002
- Method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures2,567US 5,855,583 AComputer Motion, Inc. · 1999
- Surgical stapling instrument2,273US 5,732,872 AHeartport, Inc. · 1998
- Surgical stapler2,262US 4,930,674 AABIOMED, Inc. · 1990