摘要 |
An instrument is provided for everting an end of a vessel over an end of a tubular workpiece. The instrument comprises a body having an axial bore, a piston slideably contained inside of the axial bore, and a plunger coaxially mounted within the axial bore and axially movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The instrument further comprises a spring mounted within the axial bore and biasing the plunger and the piston to separate. The instrument further comprises a plurality of filaments, each filament having a distal end attached to the plunger and a proximal end attached to the piston, and each of the filaments tensioned by the spring. The instrument further comprises a plurality of guides circumferentially spaced apart in the distal end of the body, each guide supporting one of the filaments radially apart from the plunger, the plunger and the filaments insertable into the lumen of the vessel when the plunger is in the extended position.
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