Patent · US Expired

Integrated anastomosis system

US7029482B1 · kind B1 · utility

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233References

45Claims

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Assignee

Cardica, Inc. · US

Inventors

Jaime Vargas · Palo Alto, US
Stephen A. Yencho · Menlo Park, US
James T. Nielsen · San Francisco, US
Brendan M. Donohoe · Fairfax, US
Theodore M. Bender · San Anselmo, US
Brian R. DuBois · Redwood City, US
Scott O. Chamness · Menlo Park, US
Nathan H. White · Palo Alto, US
Gregory B. Arcenio · Redwood City, US
Heather Klaubert · Menlo Park, US
Russell C. Mead, Jr. · Mountain View, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 23, 2002
Grant date	Apr 18, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 4, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/928
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A single integrated tool is used both to create an opening in a vessel wall and deploy an anastomosis device into that opening, thereby simplifying an anastomosis procedure such as a coronary artery bypass graft procedure. The creation of the opening and deployment of the anastomosis device may be actuated with a single control.

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