Bypass grafting system and apparatus
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Jul 13, 2010
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Jun 7, 2007
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Feb 9, 2007
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Jul 3, 1991
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Minimally invasive techniques are utilized in bypass grafting to implant an end portion of a graft in the body of a patent by (i) advancing a medical instrument within a circulatory system of the body, (ii) guiding a distal end of the medical instrument out of the circulatory system through an opening defined in the circulatory system, (iii) advancing the end portion of the graft within the medical instrument toward a surgical site, and (iv) securing the end portion of the graft to a blood vessel at the surgical site, wherein the graft includes resilient arms confined within the medical instrument that expand outwardly within the blood vessel following positioning of a graft end through an aperture in the blood vessel.
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