D. Bruce Modesitt,Joseph F. Paraschac,Brian A. Ellingwood
申请号:
US14973670
公开号:
US20160100829A1
申请日:
2015.12.17
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要:
A method may comprise creating a first passage across a wall with a sharpened member at a first angle relative to a lumen advancing an anchor assembly through the first passage such that a distal portion of the anchor assembly is placed within the blood vessel applying a force to the anchor assembly to position an adjacent portion of the blood vessel wall into a desired contact configuration relative to the anchor assembly and while maintaining the desired contact configuration, advancing a needle through a portion of the anchor assembly and through a portion of the wall of the blood vessel to form an expandable tract between overlapping tissue portions of the vessel wall, wherein a portion of the anchor assembly comprises a saddle-shaped needle receiving structure configured to receive and support the needle after it has been advanced across the portion of the wall to create the expandable tract.