ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,857, issued on Aug. 5.
"Device for manually performing anastomosis" was invented by Sudhir Prem Srivastava (Haryana, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a device for manually performing anastomosis between a graft vessel and a target vessel in order to bypass the blocked in coronary artery to restore adequate blood flow to the heart muscle. The manually operated configuration of the anastomosis device includes a handle (105) positioned at its distal end and an end-effector assembly (101) positioned at its proximal end. A shaft (103) one end is coupled to the handle (105) and the shaft (103) other end ...