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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1999
Philip C. Evard, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joshua Makower, Los Altos, CA (US);
J. C. Flaherty, Los Altos, CA (US);
Timothy R. Machold, Moss Beach, CA (US);
Jason B. Whitt, San Francisco, CA (US);
Patrick E. Macaulay, San Jose, CA (US);
John T. Garibotto, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alex T. Roth, Redwood City, CA (US);
Transvascular, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Anastomotic connectors and apparatus for forming and/or maintaining connections between openings formed in anatomical structures, such as blood vessels. The apparatus is initially deployed in a first configuration which is sufficiently compact to be delivered through the lumen of a catheter or cannula. Thereafter, the device is expanded to a second configuration whereby it engages the anatomical structures and forms or maintains the desired connection between openings in the anatomical structures.