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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1996
Stephan A DeFonzo, Bridgeport, CT (US);
H Jonathan Tovey, Milford, CT (US);
Keith Ratcliff, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Salvatore Castro, Seymour, CT (US);
Gerald Castellano, Trumbull, CT (US);
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method for percutaneous dissection of a segment of vascular tissue from a patient is provided which includes providing an elongated tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end, and blunt dissection structure positioned adjacent the distal end of the tubular member and remotely actuable from adjacent the proximal end of the tubular member. The method further provides for percutaneously accessing a first end portion of the vascular tissue segment, the blunt dissection structure is positioned adjacent the vascular tissue segment and is actuated to bluntly dissect the vascular tissue segment from surrounding body tissue.