Surgery – Instruments – Blood vessel – duct or teat cutter – scrapper or abrader
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-03
2005-05-03
Thaler, Michael H. (Department: 3731)
Surgery
Instruments
Blood vessel, duct or teat cutter, scrapper or abrader
Reexamination Certificate
active
06887251
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a method and device for harvesting a vessel. The vessel harvester comprises an internal stenting catheter with proximal and distal ends, a sheath catheter with proximal and distal ends, and a cylindrical cutting tube that is attachable to the distal end of the sheath catheter. The vessel harvester is used to harvest vesseal such as the greater and lesser saphenous veins, the basilic vein, the cephalic vein, and the radial artery.
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Thaler Michael H.
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