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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2000
Alex Alden Peterson, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Paul J. Hindrichs, Plymouth, MN (US);
Mark D. Wahlberg, St. Paul, MN (US);
Todd Allen Berg, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jon Patrick St. Germain, Elk River, MN (US);
St. Jude Medical ATG, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A medical graft connector for connecting an end of a tubular graft conduit to a side wall of a patient's existing tubular body conduit via an aperture in the side wall thereof has a plurality of fingers configured to engage an interior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit. At least one of the plurality of fingers has an end portion configured to pierce the graft conduit. The plurality of fingers is substantially radially aligned with respect to a longitudinal axis and wherein the connector is radially enlargeable between a first size and a second size.