Patent ID: 6056762
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
A system for effecting the bypass of a portion native blood vessel within the body of a living being by use of a bypass graft, the native blood vessel having a wall with an opening in a side portion thereof formed by a percutaneous incision or puncture, the bypass graft having a distal end, the percutaneous incision or puncture producing a tract through the tissue overlying the native blood vessel and communicating with the opening in a side portion of the wall of the native blood vessel, said system comprising an anastomosis device for connecting the bypass graft to the native blood vessel to establish a passageway for carrying blood between the bypass graft and the native blood vessel, a removable deployment instrument for introducing at least a portion of said anastomosis device through the puncture tract and the opening in the side portion of the wall of the native blood vessel into the interior of the native blood vessel, and a first securement member, said deployment instrument being removable from the body of the being thereafter, said anastomosis device including at least one resorbable portion and having an exterior portion adapted to extend out of the opening in the side portion of the wall of the native blood vessel and an interior portion adapted to be located within the interior of the native blood vessel, said exterior portion being arranged to be coupled to said first securement member to secure said bypass graft to the native blood vessel.