Bioconnect Systems, Inc

The Optiflow™ platform is intended to overcome limitations inherent to hand-sewn suturing techniques by providing a fast reproducible method of connecting body conduits.

Optiflow AV Ex-vivo Placement

"The ability to quickly create a precise anastomosis with a defined cross sectional area gives the surgeon unprecedented control over flow characteristics. Similar to a drug eluting stent’s ability to prevent intimal hyperplasia, the Optiflow offers control over local healing, addressing one of the major limitations inherent to hand-sewn anastomoses.”

David Deaton, MD
FACS Associate Professor of Surgery & Chief, Endovascular Surgery
Georgetown Hospital

Pathological difference
Optiflow™ AV vs. suture

Optiflow™ AV immediately after porcine placement
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Clinical experience from successful chronic animal studies suggests the device may improve key clinical endpoints including patency, flow rates, and complications.

"Optiflow AV predetermines the flow dynamics and virtually eliminates the purse-string effect of suture."

Mitchell et al., SIR 2003

“Studies clearly show that IH is influenced by anastomosis geometry.”

Trecht et al., Annals Biomed Eng.
Sept 2005