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AssigneeTransVascular, Inc.
InventorsPhilip C. Evard, Joshua Makower, J. C. Flaherty, Timothy R. Machold, Jason B. Whitt, Patrick E. Macaulay, John T. Garibotto, Alex T. Roth
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Anastomotic connectors and apparatus for forming and/or maintaining connections between openings formed in anatomical structures, such as blood vessels. The apparatus is initially deployed in a first configuration which is sufficiently compact to be delivered through the lumen of a catheter or cannula. Thereafter, the device is expanded to a second configuration whereby it engages the anatomical structures and forms or maintains the desired connection between openings in the anatomical structures.
An apparatus for connecting a first opening formed in a first anatomical structure to a second opening formed in a second anatomical structure, said first anatomical structure having a wall and an inner space defined at least in part by an inner surface of the first anatomical structure's wall and said second anatomical structure having a wall and an inner space defined at least in part by an inner surface of the second anatomical structure's wall, said apparatus being initially disposable in radially collapsed configuration wherein it may be transluminally delivered to an intended implantation site and subsequently transitionable to a radially expanded configuration, said apparatus being formed of plastic and, when implanted in its radially expanded configuration, comprising:
An apparatus for connecting a first opening formed in a first anatomical structure to a second opening formed in a second anatomical structure, said first anatomical structure having a wall and an inner space defined at least in part by an inner surface of the first anatomical structure's wall and said second anatomical structure having a wall and an inner space defined at least in part by an inner surface of the second anatomical structure's wall, said apparatus being initially disposable in radially collapsed configuration wherein it may be transluminally delivered to an intended implantation site and subsequently transitionable to a radially expanded configuration, said apparatus comprising an elongate wire member having a series of sinusoidal bends formed therein, and first and second ends, the first and second ends of said wire member being joined to one another to form a ring wherein, when said apparatus is implanted in its radially expanded configuration:
An apparatus for connecting a first opening formed in a first anatomical structure to a second opening formed in a second anatomical structure, said first anatomical structure having a wall and an inner space defined at least in part by an inner surface of the first anatomical structure's wall, and said anatomical structure having a wall and an inner space defined at least in part by an inner surface of the second anatomical structure's wall, said apparatus being initially disposable in a radially collapsed configuration wherein it may be transluminally delivered to an intended implantation site and subsequently transitionable to a radially expanded configuration, said apparatus when implanted in its radially expanded configuration comprising:
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