Patent ID: 7635375

Claim:
A device for forming an end-to-side anastomosis, said device comprising first means for engaging an end portion of a blood vessel or of a prosthesis, second means for stably engaging a side portion of a further blood vessel or of a further prosthesis, and means for reciprocally connecting the first and second means for engaging, the second means for engaging comprising two claws for grasping said side portion and adapted to only partially penetrate the side portion of said further blood vessel or said further prosthesis so as to avoid direct contact between the claws and the blood inside the vessel or prosthesis, wherein said claws include bent free pointed ends of two essentially U-shaped lengths of wire, wherein side arms of each U-shaped length of wire are slidable along respective grooves in an outside surface of the second means for engaging, while the central section of each U-shaped length of wire is adapted to be accessed by a surgeon.