DEVICES AND METHODS FOR INTERCONNECTING VESSELS IN A PATIENT

摘要

An implant device, an associated method for interconnecting human vessels (27) rapidly, safely, and in a minimally invasive manner. The device comprises a first segment (2), a second segment (3), and a flow opening (4) along the periphery of the two connected segments. The first, and second segments are bendable for easy insertion into an incision made within each vessel. Upon release, each bendable segment subsequently conforms to the interior walls of a vessel to provide a sealing contact along the contact surface of the segment inserted within. The flow opening provides fluid inter-connectivity between the vessels connected by the implant device. The device is congifured so as to not impede flow inside a vessel, prevent flow out of the openings in the vessels except for flow from one vessel to another via the connector opening, and force the vessels toward each other at areas around the openings allowing the vessels to grow together so that flow in one vessel may flow to the other.