US6620176B1
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Medical graft connector and methods of making and installing same
Assignee: St Jude Medical ATG Inc
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Filing: 2000-09-19
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Granted: 2003-09-16
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Expires: 2020-09-19
Abstract
Abstract A medical graft connector for connecting an end of a tubular graft conduit to a side wall of a patient's existing tubular body conduit via an aperture in the side wall thereof has a first plurality of fingers configured to engage an interior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit. A second plurality of fingers is configured to engage an exterior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit. A third plurality of fingers is received in an interior lumen of the graft conduit, and a fourth plurality of fingers is configured to pierce the graft conduit. The connector is radially deformable between a first size and a second size.
Inventors
- 👤 Alex Alden Peterson
- 👤 Paul J. Hindrichs
- 👤 Mark D. Wahlberg
- 👤 Todd Allen Berg
- 👤 Jon Patrick St. Germain
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 01:43
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/82; A61F2/86; A61F2/88; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/11; A61B17/064; A61B2017/0641; A61B2017/1135; A61F2220/00; A61F2220/0008; A61F2230/00; A61F2230/0002; A61F2230/0028; A61F2230/005; A61F2230/0054
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
147 words
Apparatus for connecting an axial end portion of a tubular graft conduit to a side wall of a patient's tubular body conduit via an aperture in that side wall comprising: connector having a plurality of fingers extending from an axial end of the connector, the fingers being movable between a first configuration wherein the fingers extend radially from the connector to a second configuration wherein the fingers extend substantially axially from the connector; mandrel sized for insertion into the end of the graft conduit to radially expand the end portion of the graft conduit, the mandrel defining a plurality of openings for receiving the fingers in the second configuration; and a sleeve configured to surround the connector and the tubular graft conduit and to deflect the fingers toward the second configuration to pierce the radially expanded portion of the graft conduit and be received in the openings.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
147 words
Apparatus for connecting an axial end portion of a tubular graft conduit to a side wall of a patient's tubular body conduit via an aperture in that side wall comprising: connector having a plurality of fingers extending from an axial end of the connector, the fingers being movable between a first configuration wherein the fingers extend radially from the connector to a second configuration wherein the fingers extend substantially axially from the connector; mandrel sized for insertion into the end of the graft conduit to radially expand the end portion of the graft conduit, the mandrel defining a plurality of openings for receiving the fingers in the second configuration; and a sleeve configured to surround the connector and the tubular graft conduit and to deflect the fingers toward the second configuration to pierce the radially expanded portion of the graft conduit and be received in the openings.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
Apparatus defined in claim 1 , wherein the fingers are configured to resiliently return to the first configuration.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
136 words
Method of connecting an axial end portion of a tubular graft conduit to a side wall of a patient's tubular body conduit via an aperture in that side wall comprising: providing a connector having a plurality of fingers, the fingers being movable between a first configuration wherein the fingers extend radially outward to a second configuration wherein the fingers extend substantially axially; expanding an axial end portion of the graft conduit to a radially flared configuration; piercing the flared end portion of the graft conduit with the fingers from an outer surface of the graft to an inner surface of the graft while maintaining the fingers in the second configuration; and allowing the fingers to return to the first configuration such that the end portion of the graft conduit is maintained in the radially flared configuration.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
136 words
Method of connecting an axial end portion of a tubular graft conduit to a side wall of a patient's tubular body conduit via an aperture in that side wall comprising: providing a connector having a plurality of fingers, the fingers being movable between a first configuration wherein the fingers extend radially outward to a second configuration wherein the fingers extend substantially axially; expanding an axial end portion of the graft conduit to a radially flared configuration; piercing the flared end portion of the graft conduit with the fingers from an outer surface of the graft to an inner surface of the graft while maintaining the fingers in the second configuration; and allowing the fingers to return to the first configuration such that the end portion of the graft conduit is maintained in the radially flared configuration.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
66 words
The method defined in claim 3 , further comprising: providing a mandrel sized for insertion into the axial end of the graft conduit to radially flare the end portion of the graft conduit, wherein expanding the end portion of the graft comprises inserting the mandrel into the end of the graft conduit such that the end portion of the graft conduit expands to the flared configuration.
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