Patent ID: 8454634
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of constructing an anastomosis between a first vessel and a second vessel comprising: providing a device comprising an electrode for creating an opening in a vessel and a seal having a plurality of seal members for sealing the opening in the vessel; positioning the electrode adjacent a wall of the first vessel; applying sufficient energy to the electrode to form an opening in the first vessel; delivering the seal into the opening in the first vessel wherein the plurality of seal members are in a stacked first configuration; rotating a handle coupled to a shaft and to the seal members in a first direction to radially spread the plurality of seal members about an axis of the opening into a fanned-out second configuration to seal the opening; attaching the second vessel to the first vessel to form the anastomosis; rotating the handle in a second direction to arrange the plurality of seal members in the stacked first configuration; and removing the seal from the opening.