Medical graft connector and methods of making and installing sam

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1998-11-06

2000-11-28

Buiz, Michael

Surgery

Instruments

Surgical mesh, connector, clip, clamp or band

A61B 1708

Patent

active

061529370

ABSTRACT:
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.

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