Patent ID: 8506583
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for open surgical repair of a damaged portion of a body vessel having a vessel wall defining a lumen, the vessel wall including a tunica intima, a tunica media, and a tunica adventitia, the steps comprising: providing a medical device including a first connector and a second connector and a tubular conduit, the tubular conduit having a wall defining a lumen about a longitudinal axis between a first axial end and a second axial end, and the first and second connectors disposable with the respective first and second axial ends of the tubular conduit, each of the first and second connectors having a first portion engageable with the wall of the tubular conduit, and a second portion having a plurality of shaped members dimensioned and arranged therealong to penetrate and anchor into the vessel wall; transecting said body vessel to form a first portion and a second portion of said body vessel; deploying the first and second connectors of the medical device into the respective first and second portions of said body vessel with a delivery system, such that the shaped members of the first and second connectors penetrate and anchor into the tunica intima and tunica media of the respective first and second body vessel portions, and not into the tunica adventitia; and engaging the first axial end of the tubular conduit to the first connector and the second axial end of the conduit to the second connector to form the medical device to repair the damaged portion of the body vessel.