Patent ID: 8388634

Claim:
Device for connecting abutting ends ( 1 ) of two blood vessels ( 2 ) that will be continuous after being mutually connected, comprising a support part ( 3 ) that can expand automatically and that is insertable into the two ends ( 1 ) of the blood vessels ( 2 ) to be connected and that is made from a mesh or grid or cage with an inner, continuous lumen, wherein an outer cross section of the support part ( 3 ) approximately corresponds in a position of use to an inner cross section of the respective blood-vessel end ( 1 ) to be connected, the support part ( 3 ) is enclosed at each of two regions thereof that are adapted for insertion into the blood-vessel ends ( 1 ) by a removable ring or tubular piece ( 5 ) or fibrous sleeve and held to a reduced cross section and the tubular pieces ( 5 ), rings, or fibrous sleeves are removable, and the support part ( 3 ) has a two-part construction with two individual parts ( 31 , 32 ), each of which is adapted to be inserted or fits into one of the blood-vessel ends ( 1 ).