Bipolar intimal tacking device.
A bipolar electrocoagulating device has been designed to thermally tack arterial intimal flaps to the artery wall. The device was tested on intimal flaps created in the rabbit descending aorta. The vascular segments were tested for patency and the thermal tack points were examined on a scanning electron microscope. The tack points were shown to be of sufficient tensile strength and to have minimal thrombogenicity.
D000818:Animals; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004727:Endothelium / Q000473:pathology; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D011817:Rabbits; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000473:pathology; D014945:Wound Healing