Medical graft connector and methods of making and installing same
摘要
A medical graft connector for connecting an end of a tubular graft conduit to a side wall of a patient's existing tubular body conduit via an aperture in the side wall thereof has a first plurality of fingers configured to engage an interior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit. A second plurality of fingers is configured to engage an exterior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit. A third plurality of fingers is received in an interior lumen of the graft conduit, and a fourth plurality of fingers is configured to pierce the graft conduit. The connector is radially deformable between a first size and a second size.
申请公布号
US6152937(A)
申请公布日期
2000.11.28
申请号
US19980187335
申请日期
1998.11.06
申请人
ST. JUDE MEDICAL CARDIOVASCULAR GROUP, INC.
发明人
PETERSON, ALEX ALDEN;HINDRICHS, PAUL J.;WAHLBERG, MARK D.;BERG, TODD ALLEN;ST. GERMAIN, JON PATRICK