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US 9,283,067 B2Granted
Prosthesis for connecting an anatomical duct
AssigneeCarmat
InventorPierre Da Cruz Louro
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Abstract
According to the invention, the tubular prosthesis for connecting an anatomical duct includes at least two individual tubular elements and a sealed mechanical element for connecting said separate elements to each other.
Claims10
Tubular prosthesis for connecting an anatomical duct, which comprises:
- at least two individual tubular elements and
- mechanical means for connecting said individual elements to each other, wherein the mechanical connecting means are sealed and comprise:
- two annulus-shaped joining parts each of them being fixed to the free end of an individual tubular element;
- at least one seal carried by one of the two joining parts and designed to be inserted between the two joining parts around the opening formed by the tubular prosthesis;
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- a first and a second fixing ring each traversed by an individual tubular element and designed to cooperate with each other to hold together, one against the other, the two joining parts between which the seal is compressed;
- wherein each of the two tubular elements respectively contacts and covers with the free end thereof at least a portion of an outer surface of a respective one of the two joining parts, said outer surface being turned toward one of the tubular elements.
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