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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gregory M Fahy, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Assignees:
Organ, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Life Resuscitation Technologies, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606155 ; 606154 ; 623 12 ;
Abstract
An anastomosis cuff for performing a vascular anastomosis procedure includes a ridge of material that extends in the radial direction. The ridge can be easily grasped with forceps or a hemostat to immobilize the cuff during an anastomosis procedure. Alternately, the anastomosis cuff can be grasped between gripping fingers of a manipulator tool designed to surround the cuff such that the ridge is trapped between and grasped by the gripping fingers.