Blood vessel holder and method of using in anastomosis
US4854318A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 18, 1987 |
| Grant date | Aug 8, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2007 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/1125
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device for maintaining an opening in a first blood vessel in open position during a surgical procedure for suturing the opening in the first blood vessel to an opening in a second blood vessel. The device comprises: an elongate slender barrel with a straight longitudinal axis from the handle end to the tip end, a groove extending the length of the barrel, the groove ending in a slanting open cavity at the tip end, and a leaf spring clampattached to the barrel to clamp the blood vessel to the posterior convex surface of the tip.
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