US Patent Issued to VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY on Sept. 23 for "Apparatus for anastomosing a cut vessel" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,641, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Apparatus for anastomosing a cut vessel" was invented by Kent K. Higdon (Nashville, Tenn.) and Stephane A. Braun (Nashville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for anastomosing a cut vessel is provided. The apparatus includes a first ring having an inner surface that defines inner lumen. The inner lumen is configured to receive a first vessel end of the cut vessel. The inner surface of the first ring has at least one spike configured to penetrate the first vessel end and secure the first ring to the first vessel end. A second ring has ...