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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventors:
Adam Shields, Lafayette, IN (US);
Keith Milner, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Assignee:
COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/11 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1107 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1139 (2013.01);
Abstract
An extravascular anastomosis device for facilitating side-to-side arteriovenous fistula creation and maintenance of patency thereof is presented. The device comprises two device halves each containing an anastomosis window which is in fluid connection with an interior space of the device. Further, the device comprises a pair of vessel capture spaces in which portions of the vessels to be joined are captured. The invention also has an embodiment wherein a method of joining a vein and an artery in order to create a fistula is presented.