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Anastomotic device

  • US 20030120292A1
  • Filed: 11/06/2002
  • Published: 06/26/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An anastomotic device, comprising a woven tube of wire, the tube being constructed from a thermal, shape memory alloy, a spring wire or a compressible wire having outer loops or ends which thermally or mechanically deform and evert when inserted into walls of two adjacent lumens at a luminal interface of an anastomotic site, the ends of the tube thermally or mechanically deforming and everting to form petals in a manner which holds the luminal interface of the anastomotic site into apposition, the wire diameter and/or material properties of the tube being selected such that the mechanical force of the deployed tube causes the deployed tube to remain temporarily in place until sufficient healing occurs at which time the deployed tube sloughs leaving a properly function anastomosis.

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