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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventors:
Adam Shields, Lafayette, IN (US);
Keith Milner, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 17/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/3655 (2013.01); A61B 17/11 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1107 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1135 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for forming a fistula between blood vessels includes a tubular body having a central lumen, a flange attached to the tubular body and projecting outwardly from an outer body surface, and one or more vanes projecting inwardly into the lumen so as to induce helical flow in blood passed through the lumen between first and second vessels joined via the fistula.