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US 2004/0172052 A1Published application
Extraluminal balloon dissection
AssigneeGeneral Surgical Innovations, Inc.
InventorsThomas J. Fogarty, George D. Hermann, Jan M. Echeverry, Kenneth H. Mollenauer
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Abstract
The present invention provides balloon dissection apparatus and methods of use in which an elongate balloon is utilized to dissect along a region that follows a naturally existing path alongside a vessel or structure, such as an artery, a vein, a lymphatic, the trachea, the esophagus or even a nerve bundle.
Claims17
A method of harvesting a length of artery from a body comprising the following steps:
- providing an elongate dissection cannula having a closed distal tip;
- inserting said dissection cannula through an opening in the body near the length of the artery;
- dissecting tissue away from the artery with said closed distal tip;
- and severing the artery at proximal and distal ends of the length of artery.
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