Vascular access assemblies
OwnerJohn Hall, Wayne Mower +1inventors
InventorsJohn Hall, Wayne Mower, Christopher Cindrich
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Abstract
Vascular access assemblies for facilitating hemodialysis of a patient. The vascular access assembly may include a first tubular conduit and a bifurcated stent disposed in the superior vena cava. The vascular access assembly may further include a second tubular conduit that connects that couples an arm of the bifurcated stent to the first tubular conduit to create a blood flow pathway between two locations of a vasculature of a patient.
Claims21
A vascular access assembly for provide a blood flow pathway between two locations of a vasculature of a patient comprising:
- a bifurcated stent comprising a body and an arm, the body of the bifurcated stent is disposed within a superior vena cava of the patient and the arm of the bifurcated stent extends out of the superior vena cava external to the vasculature of the patient;
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- a first tubular conduit comprising a peripheral end, a central end, and a lumen,
- wherein the peripheral end of the first tubular conduit is configured to attached to a vessel of the patient, and
- wherein the first tubular conduit and the bifurcated stent form a blood flow pathway between the vessel and the superior vena cava of the patient.
A method of assembling a vascular access assembly in a patient, comprising:
- disposing a bifurcated stent within a superior vena cava of a patient, the bifurcated stent comprising a body and an arm that extends away from the body;
- extending the arm of the bifurcated stent out of the superior vena cava so that the arm is external to the superior vena cava;
- coupling a peripheral end of a first tubular conduit to a vessel of the patient;
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- creating a flow path from the peripheral end of the first tubular conduit to the arm of the bifurcated stent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.