U.S. Patent 7699859 was awarded to Cardica, Inc. on 2010-04-20 and describes a “Method of performing anastomosis.” This patent has been cited 305 times by other U.S. patents which places it in the top 500 cited patents since 2010 according to our law firm research, and makes it of the most innovative medical technology patents in the field of instruments. The abstract states:

A method for anastomosing a first vessel to a second vessel may include connecting an end of the first vessel to the side of the second vessel and creating an opening in the wall of the second vessel from within the lumen of the second vessel, where that opening allows fluid communication between the lumen of the first vessel and the lumen of the second vessel. Link: U.S. Patent 7699859

This patent was originally filed on 2004-11-12 which gives it a processing time of 1985 days, compared to an average processing time of 1909 in the field. Cardica, Inc. has 179 total patents. The first named inventor is Bryan D. Knodel of Flagstaff, AZ. The assistant examiner was Michael G Mendoza.

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