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Methods and apparatus for magnet-induced compression anastomosis between adjacent organs

  • US 10,448,954 B2
  • Filed: 11/14/2016
  • Issued: 10/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An implantable device for creating an anastomosis, the device comprising:

  • an assembly of magnetic segments associated with one another, each of the magnetic segments having a body including opposing poles at opposing ends of the body, the assembly configured to transition between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration;

    wherein, when in the delivery configuration, the magnetic segments are aligned end-to-end and each of the magnetic segments is directly joined to and in physical contact with at least one immediately adjacent magnetic segment at one of the opposing poles, wherein the assembly comprises a most-distal magnetic segment having a free distal end and a most-proximal magnetic segment having a free proximal end; and

    wherein, when in the deployed configuration, the magnetic segments self-assemble into a geometric shape and the most-distal magnetic segment of the delivery configuration and the most-proximal magnetic segment of the delivery configuration are directly joined to and in physical contact with one another at the respective distal and proximal ends.

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