Medical anastomosis apparatus
First Claim
1. Apparatus for inserting an annular anastomotic connector into a side wall of a tubular body tissue conduit comprising:
- a substantially conical tip structure having a cone angle less than about 15° and
configured for passage through the side wall starting with an apex of the cone; and
a shaft structure extending from the tip structure in a direction away from the apex and configured to receive the connector annularly around the shaft structure.
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Abstract
A connector for use in providing an anastomotic connection between two tubular body fluid conduits in a patient. The connector is preferably a single, integral, plastically deformable structure that can be cut from a tube. The connector has axial spaced portions that include members that are radially outwardly deflectable from other portions of the connector. The connector is annularly enlargeable so that it can be initially delivered and installed in the patient in a relatively small annular size and then annularly enlarged to provide the completed anastomosis. The radially outwardly deflected members of the first and second portions respectively engage the two body fluid conduits connected at the anastomosis and hold those two conduits together in fluid-tight engagement. Apparatus for use in delivering and deploying a connector is also disclosed.
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24 Claims
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1. Apparatus for inserting an annular anastomotic connector into a side wall of a tubular body tissue conduit comprising:
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a substantially conical tip structure having a cone angle less than about 15° and
configured for passage through the side wall starting with an apex of the cone; and
a shaft structure extending from the tip structure in a direction away from the apex and configured to receive the connector annularly around the shaft structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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17. The method of producing a hollow annular anastomotic connection between a first aperture in a side wall of a body tissue conduit in a patient and a second aperture in a side wall of a graft conduit relocated from elsewhere in the patient'"'"'s body comprising:
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introducing a hollow annular connector into the graft conduit so that a first axial portion of the connector is disposed inside the graft conduit and a second axial portion of the connector extends out of the graft conduit via the second aperture and into the body tissue conduit via the first aperture; and
deforming the connector so that it presses together the side walls of the body tissue conduit and the graft conduit annularly around the first and second apertures.
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