Patent ID: 6911035

Claim:
Suturing means for connecting a tubular vascular prosthesis ( 40 ) to a vessel ( 50 ) in a body, said suturing means comprising an internal, substantially annular member ( 10 ) intended to be received inside the vessel and an external annular member ( 20 ) intended to be applied around the vessel essentially at the location of the internal annular member, in order to receive a vessel wall between both annular members, in which at least one of the two annular members is provided with suturing members ( 20 ) which at, least in use, grip in the vessel wall, fixating at least the internal annular member, characterized in that the internal annular member ( 10 ), at least in use, is firmly connected to an extreme end of the prosthesis, in that the internal annular member defines a sealing surface extending substantially continuously over an annular circumference of said internal annular member and in that the external annular member, at least in use, substantially surrounds the internal annular member at least at an area of said sealing surface defined by said internal annular member, clamping the vessel wall there between in a substantially leak free manner.