Vascular Connect b.v.

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Medicine

Evaluation of a Novel Laser-assisted Coronary Anastomotic Connector - the Trinity Clip - in a Porcine Off-pump Bypass Model

David Stecher¹, Glenn Bronkers², Jappe O.T. Noest², Cornelis A.F. Tulleken³, Imo E. Hoefer⁴, Lex A. van Herwerden¹, Gerard Pasterkamp⁴, Marc P. Buijsrogge¹

¹Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, ²Vascular Connect b.v., ³Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, ⁴Department of Experimental Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht

This paper describes a novel nonocclusive coronary anastomotic connector in a porcine off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) model. This easy-to-use coronary connector has intrinsic potential to facilitate minimally invasive OPCAB surgery.