Surgery – Instruments – Surgical mesh – connector – clip – clamp or band
Patent
1997-04-23
2000-03-14
Prebilic, Paul B.
Surgery
Instruments
Surgical mesh, connector, clip, clamp or band
623 1, 606198, 606195, A61B 1708, A61F 206
Patent
active
060367024
ABSTRACT:
A body tissue graft for use in a patient includes a frame structure made of a first elastic material, a covering of a second elastic material on the frame structure, the covering substantially filling openings in the frame structure, and a connector connected to the frame structure. Projections are secured to the connector structure. The projections facilitate attachment of the tubular graft in a patient by securing the graft to the body tissue with which the graft is employed. The connector selectively circumferentially expands and the projections selectively circumferentially expand. This may be done using an inflatable balloon to circumferentially expand the projections. A restraining member may be provided to restrain the projections in a cone shape so that an end of the graft may be used to open an aperture through a side wall of existing body organ tubing and a portion of the projections may enter the aperture.
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Bachinski Thomas J.
Goldsteen David S.
Sullivan Daniel J.
Jackson Robert R.
Prebilic Paul B.
Vascular Science Inc.
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