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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2012
Applicant:
Bernard A. Hausen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventor:
Bernard A. Hausen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cardica, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/068 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/068 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for connecting a graft vessel to a target vessel may involve advancing a guidewire of a surgical stapler into the target vessel through an opening at a first location on the target vessel, coupling a stapler cartridge carrying the graft vessel with an anvil of the surgical stapler, activating the anvil to staple the graft vessel to the target vessel at a second location on the target vessel, removing the guidewire from the target vessel, and closing the opening in the target vessel.