U.S. Philips Corporation

Vascular Innovations, Inc.

Scott Vance

Michael J Hendricksen

Bernard A Hausen

Jaime Salvador Vargas

Stephen A Yencho

Jamey Nielsen

Larisa Migachyov

Ira Hajjar

Wayne Fu

A data glove is used for enabling ten-finger-typing with a virtual keyboard. The angle at which the user's; finger bends at the proximal interphalangeal joint is used to decode a particular row of the keyboard. Each finger controls one or more columns. Discrimination between columns operated by the same finger is achieved through an abduction/adduction sensor. The glove is fingerless and allows normal hand functions in addition to the virtual typing

Fingerless glove for interacting with data processing system

The anastomosis device according to the present invention is a one piece device for connecting a graft vessel to a target vessel without the use of conventional sutures. The anastomosis device includes a frame for receiving and holding the end of a graft vessel in an everted position and first and second spreading members configured to be inserted into an opening in the target vessel. The first and second spreading members are arranged substantially in a plane for insertion into an opening in a target vessel, and are moved away from one another to capture the edges of the opening in the target vessel securing the graft vessel to the target vessel. One version of the anastomosis device includes a plurality of linkages arranged in two rows for grasping opposite sides of an opening in the target vessel. A portion of the linkages fold outward to trap vessel walls on opposite sides of the opening in the target vessel. The anastomosis devices greatly increases the speed with which anastomosis can be performed over known suturing methods.

Sutureless closure for connecting a bypass graft to a target vessel

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Cary, NC, United States of America

Scott Vance