Method and apparatus for support and tubularization of surgical

Details Method and apparatus for support and tubularization of surgical Method and apparatus for support and tubularization of surgical

1997-10-08

1999-05-11

Nasser, Robert L.

Surgery

Blood vessel or graft preparation

600 37, 623 11, 623 12, 128897, 128898, A61F2/04

Patent

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059022280

ABSTRACT:
The invention is directed to an apparatus and method for both supporting and preserving a piece of graft tissue during pre-implantation preparation, and for creating a tubular graft from the piece of graft tissue. The purpose of the device is (1) to support, stabilize, and preserve a piece of graft tissue; (2) to provide a rotating base to debride or otherwise prepare the donor tissue; and (3) to place the tissue around a mandrel for tubularization. The apparatus may be used as a support for preparing a piece of tissue for use as a skin graft or the like. Additionally, the preferred embodiment of the invention provides an advantageous method and apparatus for forming the graft tissue into a tubular configuration for use as a tubular graft.

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