Back to results
US 7,022,131 B1Granted
Methods and devices for vascular surgery
AssigneeBy-Pass, Inc.
InventorsAri Derowe, Amir Loshakove
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An anastomotic connector (60) for attaching two blood vessels, comprising a cylinder-like portion having a lumen, two ends, and an array of cells elements, and a tissue engaging portion (60) comprising at least one set of spikes (64) wherein at least one spike arranged adjacent one of the two ends of said cylinder-like portion. The connector (60) may comprise at least a second set of spikes (66) adjacent the other of the two ends.
Claims19
A method of providing a connector to a blood vessel, comprising:
- providing a distal end of a hole puncher adjacent a blood vessel;
- punching a hole in the blood vessel, by the hole puncher;
- transporting a connector including at least one spike for attaching to the blood vessel through a lumen of the hole puncher, while the distal end of the hole puncher is adjacent the blood vessel;
- and
- engaging the blood vessel punched by the hole puncher, by the at least one spike,
- wherein transporting the connector through the lumen comprises transporting the connector from a proximal end of the hole puncher to the distal end of the hole puncher.
3 more elements
A method of treating a blood vessel, comprising:
- providing a hole puncher, including a tissue engager and a surrounding sheath, adjacent a blood vessel;
- punching a hole in the blood vessel by the hole puncher, utilizing the surrounding sheath;
- removing the tissue engager from a channel of the hole puncher, while the surrounding sheath, utilized in the punching, remains in the vicinity of the blood vessel;
- and
- transporting a tool other than the tissue engager through the channel, to the vicinity of the blood vessel.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.