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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Carine Hoarau, Lafayette, CA (US);
Steven H. Reichenbach, Pleasanton, CA (US);
George Hsu, San Ramon, CA (US);
James N. Harrington, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Andrew R. Miller, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Philip Haarstad, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Stephen Kenneth Sundquist, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Carine Hoarau, Lafayette, CA (US);
Steven H. Reichenbach, Pleasanton, CA (US);
George Hsu, San Ramon, CA (US);
James N. Harrington, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Andrew R. Miller, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Philip Haarstad, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Stephen Kenneth Sundquist, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Thoratec Corporation, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Abstract
A coupling system includes an applicator tool, an anastomotic prosthesis mounted on the applicator tool, and an engagement device. The applicator tool deploys a securement through the prosthesis and tissue which leaves the prosthesis attached to the tissue. The engagement device selectively engages the applicator tool onto the tissue, with the use of suction, in order to facilitate accurate placement of the prosthesis on the tissue and facilitate deployment of the securement into the tissue. The applicator tool and the tissue are able to move together while the engagement device prevents or inhibits relative movement between the applicator tool and the tissue. A method for securing an anastomotic prosthesis to tissue includes applying of suction to engage an applicator tool to the tissue while a securement is deployed out of the applicator tool and into the prosthesis and the tissue.