Technology Overview

Overview

Our patented technology is a platform directed at distal as well as proximal anastomotic solutions involving both arterial and venous grafts under limited access conditions. Our designs are based on the time proven basic surgical principles of minimal tissue handling and therefore minimal trauma, and minimal foreign material exposed to the bloodstream. To this end, we have miniaturized our micro stapling devices to the scale that mimics the precision of an expert surgeon’s hand-sewn anastomosis. Our solutions exploit the advantages that the widely applied side-to-side configuration offers, using the open free end of the graft to gain access to the interior of the vessels. The result of our automated and standardized approach is (1) improved consisteny, (2) reduced operating time, and (3) facilitating procedures in limited access or endoscopic conditions.

Technology

S² constructed in length end-to-side anastomosis

S² constructed 90° side-to-side anastomosis

Article Links

Stapled coronary anastomosis with minimal intraluminal artifact: The S² Anastomotic System in the off-pump porcine model.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2004;127:498-503

Coronary anastomotic devices: blood-exposed non-intimal surface and coronary wall stress.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003;126:191-9