Patent ID: 6402764
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
An everter tool useful for everting the end of a graft vessel over an end of an anastomosis device, the everter tool comprising:a first member including a plurality of fingers extending therefrom, the fingers expandable from a first configuration in which at least one finger is at least partially within the lumen of the graft vessel to a second configuration that expands the end of the graft vessel; a second member slidable relative to the first member; an everter fixture including a bore; and a handle slidable relative to the bore, the handle configured to urge the second member toward the anastomosis device relative to the first member until the second member expands the fingers from the first configuration to the second configuration, after which the handle urges the first member toward the anastomosis device.