Methods and devices for harvesting blood vessels with balloons

Details Methods and devices for harvesting blood vessels with balloons Methods and devices for harvesting blood vessels with balloons

1997-01-10

1998-08-25

Buiz, Michael Powell

Surgery

Instruments

Internal pressure applicator

606108, 606194, A61M 2900

Patent

active

057979472

ABSTRACT:
Methods and devices for harvesting blood vessels using balloons to hold the blood vessel and to dissect and mobilize the blood vessel from surrounding tissue. A small balloon catheter is inserted into the blood vessel lumen to and inflated in order to hold the blood vessel, and an everting balloon dissector is everted over the blood vessel. Eversion of the balloon dissector over the blood vessel pushing surrounding body tissue away from the blood vessel.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5314443 (1994-05-01), Rudnick
patent: 5593418 (1997-01-01), Mollenauer
patent: 5601589 (1997-02-01), Fogarty et al.

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