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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2004
Brendan M. Donohoe, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jaime Vargas, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Stephen A. Yencho, Menlo Park, CA (US);
James T. Nielsen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Theodore M. Bender, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Hendricksen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Scott C. Anderson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Brendan M. Donohoe, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jaime Vargas, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Stephen A. Yencho, Menlo Park, CA (US);
James T. Nielsen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Theodore M. Bender, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Hendricksen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Scott C. Anderson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Cardica, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
An integrated anastomosis tool both creates an opening in a side wall of a target blood vessel and performs an anastomosis procedure to connect a graft vessel to a side of the target blood vessel with a single integrated tool. The integrated anastomosis tool includes a cutting device, a graft vessel attachment device, an introducer, and a tool body. In each of the embodiments of the anastomosis tool, the advancement paths of a cutting device and a graft vessel attachment device cross, intersect, or align so that both the cutting device and the graft vessel attachment device can be operated by a single tool at the same intended anastomosis site in a sequential manner. The anastomosis procedure can be performed on a pressurized vessel since there is no need to interchange tools during the procedure.