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A system for preparing a graft vessel for anastomosis includes one or more tools held within a functional package. The package has multiple recesses and can be sealed and sterilized along with its contents. The recesses are used to hold one or more tools for preparing a graft vessel for anastomosis.

A system for preparing a graft vessel for anastomosis includes one or more tools held within a functional package. The package has multiple recesses and can be sealed and sterilized along with its contents. The recesses are used to hold one or more tools for preparing a graft vessel for anastomosis. Additionally, the package includes one or more recesses or other features molded into it that allow for storing a graft vessel in a biocompatible fluid such as blood or saline solution, for moving one or more tools relative to one another, or for performing other functions.

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1. A method for preparing a graft vessel for anastomosis, comprising:pulling the graft vessel through a tube held within a functional package;everything the graft vessel over an anastomosis device comprising one or more tines;poking one or more said tines through the graft vessel; andimmersing said

1. A method for preparing a graft vessel for anastomosis, comprising:pulling the graft vessel through a tube held within a functional package;everything the graft vessel over an anastomosis device comprising one or more tines;poking one or more said tines through the graft vessel; andimmersing said tube, said anastomosis device and said graft vessel in biocompatible fluid within said functional package. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein said poking is performed by sliding a poke-through tool relative to said anastomotic device along a guide in said functional package. 3. The method of claim 1, further comprising loading said tube and the everted graft vessel into an anastomosis tool. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein said pulling is performed by sliding a pull-through tool relative to said tube.