US 11,918,223 B2
Sutureless graft anastomotic quick connect system
Landon H. Tompkins, Louisville, KY (US); Michael Sobieski, Floyds Knobs, IN (US); Steven Koenig, Floyds Knobs, IN (US); Gretel Monreal, Louisville, KY (US); and Mark Slaughter, Louisville, KY (US)
Assigned to University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc., Louisville, KY (US)
Appl. No. 16/963,789
Filed by University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc., Louisville, KY (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 1, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/016285
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 21, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/152799, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/625,635, filed on Feb. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0052272 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/11 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/11 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/1107 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1121 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1135 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
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1. An anastomotic graft connection device, the device comprising:
a connector including a first flared end and a second flared end, the first flared end configured to be inserted into a vessel, and at least the second flared end configured to be attached to a graft, the first flared end and the second flared end including a plurality of wings; and
a cuff including an inner ring and an outer ring spaced from the inner ring, the inner ring and outer ring connected by a plurality of elastic members, the inner ring configured to secure the graft to at least the second flared end of the connector, and the outer ring configured to exert force on the vessel to seal the first flared end of the connector against an inner wall of the vessel.