Patent ID: 6067988
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A method for revascularizing tissue by facilitating intracapillary connections therein comprising the acts of:a) providing a mechanical excising apparatus having proximal and distal ends and a tissue entrapping mechanism, the distal end having a tapered dilator tip, the proximal end having a controller operably connected to the tissue entrapping mechanism;b) placing by surgical incision the distal end of the excising apparatus at a surface of target tissue to be revascularized;c) advancing the distal end of the excising apparatus within the target tissue by causing the dilator tip to tunnel into the target tissue;d) operating the controller to open the tissue entrapping mechanism enabling a portion of the target tissue to bulge into the open tissue entrapping mechanism, the controller further causing the tissue entrapping mechanism to close and cut the bulged portion from the target tissue, the cut tissue trapped within the excising apparatus; ande) withdrawing the excising device.