Patent ID: 7892247
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A device for interconnecting first and second vessels, said device comprising: a vessel connection member comprising a fluid communication lumen extending therethrough between first and second openings formed, respectively, at first and second ends of said vessel connection member, wherein said first and second ends are each insertable into said first and second vessels, respectively; and first and second pairs of support members, each pair consisting of two single loops attached to substantially opposing sides of said first and second openings in said first and second ends of the vessel connection member, respectively, wherein each of the support members is sufficiently flexible so as to angularly adjust with respect to a longitudinal axis of said vessel connection member and to substantially conform to the inner surface of said vessels in which each of the support members are implanted to exert a force against the inner surface of the first vessel which fixes said device in an operative position relative to said vessels.