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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Tva Medical, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Thomas D. Pate, Austin, TX (US);
Philip M. Tetzlaff, Austin, TX (US);
William E. Cohn, Bellaire, TX (US);
Assignee:
TVA Medical, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/11 (2006.01); A61B 18/08 (2006.01); A61B 18/10 (2006.01); A61B 18/16 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 17/11 (2013.01); A61B 18/082 (2013.01); A61B 18/10 (2013.01); A61B 18/16 (2013.01); A61B 34/73 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00402 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1107 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1139 (2013.01); A61B 17/320068 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00077 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00136 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00273 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00404 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00589 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00619 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00702 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00875 (2013.01); A61B 18/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described here are devices, systems, and methods for adhering tubular structures, such as blood vessels. Generally, the methods may comprise advancing a first catheter comprising a first adhesion element into a first blood vessel and a second catheter comprising a second adhesion element into a second blood vessel. The vessels may be adhered together by heating tissue using the first and second adhesion elements.