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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2023
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate, Denver, CO (US);
Connex Biomedical, Inc., Aurora, CO (US);
Max Bannister Mitchell, Castle Pines, CO (US);
Jeremy H. Morgan, Missoula, MT (US);
Jeffery N. Steinmetz, Arvada, CO (US);
Dan Sims, Arvada, CO (US);
Christopher E. Banas, Breckenridge, CO (US);
Connex Biomedical, Inc., Aurora, CO (US);
Abstract
An assembly and method for end-to-side connection to anatomical tissue is disclosed. The system and method are particularly useful in coupling a ventricular assist device pump to an aorta. The assembly and method include using a tubular graft member coupled to a connection ring having at least one of a plurality of distally projecting tines extending from a distal aspect of the connection ring, and a stent having a distal flange section configured to abut an abluminal wall surface of the aorta, and an assembly including the tubular graft member and connection ring, for delivering the end-to-side connection.