Method and device for supporting blood vessels during anastomosis
Abstract
A device and method for preventing first and second severed blood vessels from collapsing during attachment to each other. The device comprises a dissolvable non-toxic stent that is sufficiently rigid to prevent the blood vessels from collapsing during anastomosis. The stent can be hollow or have passages to permit blood flow before it dissolves. A single stent can be inserted with an end in each of the two blood vessels or separate stents can be inserted into each blood vessel. The stent may include a therapeutically effective amount of a drug which is slowly released into the blood stream as the stent dissolves. 12 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5653794
- Application Number:
- ON: DE86013717
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; BLOOD VESSELS; SURGERY; MEDICAL SUPPLIES; DESIGN; HEMORRHAGE; VASCULAR DISEASES; BODY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASES; MEDICINE; ORGANS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; SYMPTOMS; 550600* - Medicine
Citation Formats
Doss, J D. Method and device for supporting blood vessels during anastomosis. United States: N. p., 1985.
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"Method and device for supporting blood vessels during anastomosis". United States.
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title = {Method and device for supporting blood vessels during anastomosis},
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abstractNote = {A device and method for preventing first and second severed blood vessels from collapsing during attachment to each other. The device comprises a dissolvable non-toxic stent that is sufficiently rigid to prevent the blood vessels from collapsing during anastomosis. The stent can be hollow or have passages to permit blood flow before it dissolves. A single stent can be inserted with an end in each of the two blood vessels or separate stents can be inserted into each blood vessel. The stent may include a therapeutically effective amount of a drug which is slowly released into the blood stream as the stent dissolves. 12 figs.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1985},
month = {5}
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