Methods, devices, and apparatus for performing a vascular anastomosis

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Title Methods, devices, and apparatus for performing a vascular anastomosis
Publication Type thesis
School or College College of Engineering
Department Mechanical Engineering
Author Gehrke, Cody Lee
Date 2012-08
Description During reconstructive and free tissue transfer surgeries it is often necessary to cut and reattach multiple vessels. The current method of vessel anastomosis is traditional hand suturing. The scope of this venture is to create a commercially available vascular coupling device (VCD) that would allow surgeons to quickly attach vessels together. The VCD is designed to increase reliability and reduce the amount of time spent on connecting two vessels. Hand suturing a vessel is time consuming (20-30 minutes) and difficult (requires a skilled surgeon). The method that has been developed can reduce the amount of time in the operating room by 75% and provides a superior anastomosis. In order to reach this level of improvement a set of installation tools was developed. These tools compliment the VCD and perform the necessary functions to consistently anastomise vessels. These tools were developed using laser machining techniques developed for this project. The laser manufacturing techniques allowed for the rapid development of the VCD and its supporting tools. With further development the VCD will become an important tool for the microsurgical community.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Anastomosis; Artery; Coupler; Free tissue transfer; Micro surgery; Vascular
Subject LCSH Blood-vessels -- Surgery -- Methodology; Blood-vessels -- Surgery -- Equipment and supplies; Medical instruments and apparatus -- Design and construction
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name Master of Science
Language eng
Rights Management Copyright © Cody Lee Gehrke 2012
Format application/pdf
Format Medium application/pdf
Format Extent 2,150,882 bytes
Identifier etd3/id/1768
Source Original in Marriott Library Special Collections, R117.5 2012 G47
ARK ark:/87278/s6fn1n27
Setname ir_etd
ID 195457
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fn1n27
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