Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Medical grafting methods and apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 医疗移植方法和装置
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Application No.: US11169114Application Date: 2005-06-27
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Publication No.: US08109947B2Publication Date: 2012-02-07
- Inventor: Todd A Berg , Daniel J Sullivan , William J Swanson , Paul J Hindrichs
- Applicant: Todd A Berg , Daniel J Sullivan , William J Swanson , Paul J Hindrichs
- Applicant Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Assignee: St. Jude Medical ATG, Inc.
- Current Assignee: St. Jude Medical ATG, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Agency: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/08
- IPC: A61B17/08

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for delivering and installing a new length of tubing between two sections of a patient's existing body organ tubing and at least partly outside of that existing structure. For example, the new length of tubing may be for the purpose of providing the patient with a coronary bypass. The new tubing may be an artificial graft, a natural graft (harvested elsewhere from the patient), or both. The new tubing is installed at the operative site primarily by providing at least one graft location with instrumentation inserted through the patient's existing tubular body organ structure. Assistance in installing the new tubing may be provided by minimally invasive surgical access openings in the patient's chest. The tubing may be delivered through the patient's existing tubular body structure or, alternatively, through the surgical access openings.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050240205A1 Medical grafting methods and apparatus Public/Granted day:2005-10-27
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