Patents Assigned to Cook Medicol Technologes, LLC
  • Side-to-side anastomosis system and punch tool for same
    Patent number: 11134951
    Abstract: A method of making a side-to-side anastomosis includes making first and second holes through a first vessel, and second vessel, respectively, by receiving a jaw of a punch tool into exposed ends of the respective vessels, and then moving a punch tool toward the jaw and through the wall of the vessel. The vessels are joined with an elongate eyelet with a passage that matches a shape of the oval first and second holes. The long axes of the oval holes are oriented parallel to a longitudinal axes of the respective vessels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Cook Medicol Technologes, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffry Scott Melsheimer