Surgery – Instruments – Surgical mesh – connector – clip – clamp or band
Patent
1997-06-28
2000-06-06
Jackson, Gary
Surgery
Instruments
Surgical mesh, connector, clip, clamp or band
606139, 606151, 606157, A61B 1704
Patent
active
060712929
ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus for passing attachment apparatus (e.g., connector devices, staples, etc.) or connector material (e.g., suture thread, wire, cord, filament, monofilament, etc.) into or through the wall of a luminal anatomical structure (e.g., a blood vessel or other anatomical conduit) for the purpose of; i) closing the lumen of the anatomical structure, ii) forming an anastomotic junction between separate anatomical structures (or between approximated segments of the same anatomical structure), and/or iii) attaching an article (e.g., an endoluminal, extraluminal or transluminal graft) or other apparatus to the wall of the anatomical structure.
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Flaherty J. Christopher
Garibotto John Thomas
MacHold Timothy R.
Makower Joshua
Whitt Jason Brian
Buyan Robert D.
Jackson Gary
TransVascular, Inc.
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