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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gregory R. Brotz, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/708 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/708 ;
Abstract
A blood vessel grafting aid is disclosed for joining two blood vessels together, such grafting aid in one embodiment having a shaft with a centrally positioned plate thereon and a plurality of prongs extending from the shaft to engage into the vessels within the vessels' lumens with the ends of the vessels disposed against the centrally positioned plate which has apertures formed therein which plate, along with the prongs, aids in holding the blood vessels together. The grafting aid dissolves and is absorbed over time, leaving the blood vessels healed together.