US3823705A - Blood vessel bridging device - Google Patents
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- ABSTRACT A blood vessel bridging device to be surgically implanted between two blood vessels to prevent partial occlusion of one by the other.
- the device comprises a generally U-shaped molded body of, e.g., Dacron reinforced silicone rubber having flattened bearing portions at both ends thereof and a generally U-shaped cross-section at its mid portion to cradle the overlying blood vessel.
- the present invention relates to surgical devices and more particularly to a device for surgical implantation for prevention of partial occlusion of blood vessels at points where one crosses over another.
- the bearing portions of the device serve to support the overlying blood vessel and prevent pressure from being exerted on any confined area of the underlying vessel by the overlying one.
- the device has been designed specifically for the point at which the right common iliac artery crosses over the left common iliac vein. Clinical evidence indicates efficacy of the device for the purpose for which it was designed.
- FIG. 1 is a view in prespective of a bridging device made in accordance with the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the device shown in FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is an end view in elevation of the device shown in FIGS. 1 and 2;
- FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the device shown in FIGS. 1-3 taken along the line 44 of FIG. 2;
- FIG. 5 is an anatomical sketch showing positioning of the device of FIGS. 1-4 within a human body
- FIG. 6 is a view in perspective of a modified form of the device.
- FIG. 7 is an anatomical sketch showing positioning of the device of FIG. 6 within a human body.
- FIGS. 1-4 a molded body of semi-rigid material which consti tutes the present invention.
- semi-rigid means a material of sufficient rigidity to retain its shape under stress from the pulsing of arteries into which it is to be placed in contact but capable of flexing to prevent anatomical damage to portions of the body adjacent to the device in the event of severe stresses.
- the material of course, must be substantially inert with respect to the body in which it is being implanted.
- a preferred material is Dacron fabric reinforced silicone rubber.
- the body has a generally U-shaped configuration along its longitudinal axis and in addition has a generally U-shaped configuration in its midsection as may be seen more clearly from the cross-section in FIG. 4.
- the opposite ends of the body are flattened to provide footplates or bearing portions 11 and 12 and preferably an elongated stripe 13 of radio-paque material is provided along the length of the device to allow visual inspection by X-ray of placement of the device subsequent to surgery.
- the anatomical sketch shown in FIG. 5 shows placement of the device as shown in FIGS. 1-4.
- the aorta is indicated by the numeral 14 and branches into right and left iliac arteries 15 and 16, respectively.
- the vena cava 17 is similarly fed by the right and left iliac veins l8 and 19, respectively. Since the aorta lies to the left of the vena cava the right iliac artery 15 must cross over the left iliac vein 19. Iliac venous compression is caused by pressure exerted by the artery 15 on the vein 19.
- the body 20 of the present invention is interposed between the artery and vein at that point.
- the bearing portions 11 and 12 of the device are sutured to the prevertebralfascia at the iliac venous crotch and the left superior iliocaval border.
- the right iliac artery is cradled between the upturned edges of the center portion of the device to thereby hold it in position.
- the longitudinal U-shaped of the center portion of the device serves as a bridge over the left iliac vein to thereby eliminate pressure on the vein by the artery.
- the device also acts as a spacer to prevent any adhesion between the vein and the artery.
- the inherent rigidity of the device provided, for example, by the silicone rubber and the fabric reinforcement thereof from which the device is preferably manufactured, serves to maintain the relationship.
- the bearing portion 11' at one end of the device is made substantially wider than the body of the device instead of substantially the same width of the device as is shown in FIGS. 1-4. Placement of the device in ahuman body is shown in the anatomical sketch of FIG. 7.
- the wide bearing portion 11 can then overly the right iliac vein and bear on fascia at both sides thereof or at least spread any pressure exerted on the device by the right iliac artery over a much wider area thereby preventing adhesions.
- the widened bearing portion 11' it is desirable for the widened bearing portion 11' to have a curvature corresponding to the curvature of the right iliac vein to minimize pressure on the right iliac vein and flattened footplates provided at each end of the bearing portion 11'.
- the aortic bifurcation is exposed through a midline transabdominal incision.
- the distal aorta and the right common iliac artery are mobilized and retracted to the left. Elevation of the artery permits lysis of fibrous adhesions surrounding the left iliac vein and characteristically allows the previously flattened vein to assume a substantially circular configuration.
- Minimal posterior dissection is required.
- the prevertebral fascia at the iliac venous crotch and the left superior ileocaval border is then exposed and the device is temporarily positioned with its footplates on these cleared areas to allow ajustments to insure. gentle arterial bridging.
- sutures are placed into the fascia with the device removed and the free suture ends are then passed through each respective footplate. After the device is securely positioned the peritoneum is closed over the vessels and the abdomen is closed.
- a blood vessel bridging device for surgical implantation between a juxtaposed pair of blood vessels to prevent compression of one of said vessles by the other, comprising a molded body of semi-rigid material substantially inert to the animal body having a generally 'U-shaped configuration along the longitudinal axis thereof with a flattened bearing portion at both ends thereof; the center portion of said body being also generally U-shaped in a cross-section taken perpendicular 3.
- a pair of juxtaposed blood vessels in an animal body comprising a first vessel and a second vessel and a blood vessel bridging device to be implanted between the first and second vessel, the device comprising a molded body of semirigid material substantially inert to said body having a generally U-shaped configuration along the longitudinal axis thereof with a flattened bearing portion at both ends thereof; the center portion of said body being also generally U-shaped in a cross-section taken perpendicular to the portion of the longitudinal configuration along the longitudinal axis abutting the first vessel and spaced from the second vessel thereby to cradle the first vessel and preventing contact between said pair of vessels.
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Priority Applications (11)
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| US00318130A US3823705A (en) | 1972-12-26 | 1972-12-26 | Blood vessel bridging device |
| AU57909/73A AU474668B2 (en) | 1972-12-26 | 1973-07-10 | Blood vessel bridging device |
| IT26685/73A IT994964B (it) | 1972-12-26 | 1973-07-17 | Dispositivo per il ponticellamento di vasi sanguigni |
| CA177,228A CA1001801A (en) | 1972-12-26 | 1973-07-24 | Blood vessel bridging device |
| DE2340410A DE2340410C3 (de) | 1972-12-26 | 1973-08-09 | Chirurgisches Implantat zum Schutz von Blutgefäßen |
| AT711673A AT330948B (de) | 1972-12-26 | 1973-08-14 | Vorrichtung zum uberbrucken von blutgefassen |
| JP48100731A JPS528027B2 (en:Method) | 1972-12-26 | 1973-09-06 | |
| FR7345695A FR2211208B1 (en:Method) | 1972-12-26 | 1973-12-20 | |
| NL737317564A NL152450B (nl) | 1972-12-26 | 1973-12-21 | Implantaat voor het gescheiden houden van aders. |
| BE139244A BE809058A (fr) | 1972-12-26 | 1973-12-21 | Dispositif de pontage de vaisseaux sanguins |
| GB5929273A GB1445177A (en) | 1972-12-26 | 1973-12-21 | Blood vessel bridging device |
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| US00318130A US3823705A (en) | 1972-12-26 | 1972-12-26 | Blood vessel bridging device |
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| JP (1) | JPS528027B2 (en:Method) |
| AT (1) | AT330948B (en:Method) |
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| BE (1) | BE809058A (en:Method) |
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| DE (1) | DE2340410C3 (en:Method) |
| FR (1) | FR2211208B1 (en:Method) |
| GB (1) | GB1445177A (en:Method) |
| IT (1) | IT994964B (en:Method) |
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| US7402133B2 (en) | 2002-12-17 | 2008-07-22 | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | Spacer for sling delivery system |
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| US5866217A (en) * | 1991-11-04 | 1999-02-02 | Possis Medical, Inc. | Silicone composite vascular graft |
| WO1994010913A1 (en) * | 1992-11-12 | 1994-05-26 | Neville Alleyne | Cardiac protection device |
| EP0766950A3 (en) * | 1995-10-05 | 1997-10-01 | Peter J Jannetta | Neurovascular bypass implant |
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| US6053935A (en) * | 1996-11-08 | 2000-04-25 | Boston Scientific Corporation | Transvaginal anchor implantation device |
| US6319272B1 (en) | 1996-11-08 | 2001-11-20 | Boston Scientific Corporation | Transvaginal anchor implantation device and method of use |
| US7014607B2 (en) | 2000-11-15 | 2006-03-21 | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | Treating urinary incontinence |
| US6689047B2 (en) | 2000-11-15 | 2004-02-10 | Scimed Life Systems, Inc. | Treating urinary incontinence |
| US20070060788A1 (en) * | 2000-11-15 | 2007-03-15 | Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. | Systems and methods for delivering a medical implant to an anatomical location in a patient |
| US6936052B2 (en) | 2001-03-09 | 2005-08-30 | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | System for implanting an implant and method thereof |
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| US20150157476A1 (en) * | 2012-12-18 | 2015-06-11 | Empire Technology Development Llc | Vascular reinforcement device |
| WO2014098811A3 (en) * | 2012-12-18 | 2015-06-25 | Empire Technology Development, Llc | Helical vascular reinforcement device |
| US9283096B2 (en) * | 2012-12-18 | 2016-03-15 | Empire Technology Development Llc | Vascular reinforcement device |
| WO2015152738A1 (en) * | 2014-04-04 | 2015-10-08 | Ossis Limited | Surgical shield |
| AU2015242541B2 (en) * | 2014-04-04 | 2019-10-31 | Zimmer Gmbh | Surgical shield |
| US10548581B2 (en) * | 2014-04-04 | 2020-02-04 | Ossis Limited | Surgical shield |
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| NL7317564A (en:Method) | 1974-06-28 |
| CA1001801A (en) | 1976-12-21 |
| DE2340410B2 (de) | 1975-01-09 |
| NL152450B (nl) | 1977-03-15 |
| GB1445177A (en) | 1976-08-04 |
| FR2211208B1 (en:Method) | 1976-06-25 |
| FR2211208A1 (en:Method) | 1974-07-19 |
| DE2340410A1 (de) | 1974-07-11 |
| DE2340410C3 (de) | 1975-08-28 |
| ATA711673A (de) | 1975-10-15 |
| JPS49100888A (en:Method) | 1974-09-24 |
| JPS528027B2 (en:Method) | 1977-03-05 |
| BE809058A (fr) | 1974-06-21 |
| AU5790973A (en) | 1975-01-16 |
| AU474668B2 (en) | 1976-07-29 |
| IT994964B (it) | 1975-10-20 |
| AT330948B (de) | 1976-07-26 |
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