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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2010
Wilson Theophilo Asfora, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Thomas Albert Roberts, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Duane Lee Middlebusher, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard Dean Phipps, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Michael Edward Villalta, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Lee James Carmack, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Wilson Theophilo Asfora, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Thomas Albert Roberts, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Duane Lee Middlebusher, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard Dean Phipps, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Michael Edward Villalta, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Lee James Carmack, Castro Valley, CA (US);
ASFORA IP, LLC, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Abstract
Techniques for sutureless vascular anastomosis are described, including a sutureless vascular anastomosis connector configured to couple a graft vessel to a main vessel, including a connector body configured to engage a main vessel when inserted into an opening in a wall of the main vessel, and a wing coupled to the connector body and formed using a memory material, the wing being configured to rotate about a transverse axis of the connector when a restraining force is removed from an exterior surface of the wing.