Patent ID: 9724214
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F,A61M

Claim:
1. A method for arterializing a vein, the method comprising the steps of: introducing part of a system into an arterial vessel, the system comprising: wherein the step of introducing is performed by introducing the distal end of the first catheter into an artery through an arterial opening such that a first amount of arterial blood flows through the at least one lumen of the elongated body of the first catheter, the cannula extends through the arterial opening, and a second amount of arterial blood flows through the cannula of the first catheter; positioning the distal end of the second catheter into a vein to be arterialized; and forming an anastomosis between the artery and the vein by operably coupling the cannula of the first catheter to second catheter using the connector.