Vascular Connect b.v. 1 article published in JoVE 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.
