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OAS - Staplers for Open Aortic Surgery

ES Vascular's single use Open Aortic Stapler (OAS) provides a one-shot, perfect anastomosis while connecting a synthetic graft to the aorta for AAA repair.
The quick, uniform, one-shot sutureless anastomosis may eliminate up to 90% of suturing time and reduce clamping and operative times as well as re-clamping cycles and bleeding.

AAA procedures are mostly open, dangerous (ca. 5% mortality), lengthy (2-3hrs) and require quite a long in-hospital stay
Suturing the difficult graft-aorta anastomosis accounts for both long clamping times (up to 50% of operative time) and re-clamping cycles, a major risk for the patient
Technical obstacles (e.g. highly calcified aorta) hampered the development of stapling technology for vascular surgery to date
ES Vascular's Open Stapler creates a quick, uniform, one-shot sutureless anastomosis and may eliminate up to 90% of suturing time, reduce clamping and operative times as well as re-clamping cycles and bleeding

Stapler images (click to enlarge)


Clamps for Open Aortic Surgery	Open Aortic Stapler	Head of Open Aortic Stapler	Laporascopy Stapler	Head of Laporascopy Stapler	Lap Stapler 10mm	Open Stapler 9mm

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Operation video

Stapler for Open Aortic Surgery — Current Status

Development is completed and a CE mark received April 2008
Demonstrated the concept, technology and clear advantages of the Open Aortic Stapler. Commercialization is expected in the EU in 2009
To be launched after production up-scaling, in some locations in the EU

Advantages

Perfect, durable anastomosis obtained with a one-shot firing of a continuous line of staples
Demonstration, in a formal human EU trial, of the mechanism's proof-of-concept
Additional cases show perfect results for more than 3 years post procedure