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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Francis Robicsek, Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
Pilling Co., Fort Washington, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606158 ; 606207 ;
Abstract
A ring-handled bypass clamp provide a spoon-shaped blade insertable through a temporary incision in the ascending aorta and a cooperating ring positionable on the exterior of the aorta opposite to the blade. An aortotomy is performed on the portion of the aorta wall inside the ring to provide an annular portion of the wall to which a graft is sutured.