METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MAGNET-INDUCED COMPRESSION ANASTOMOSIS BETWEEN ADJACENT ORGANS
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for creating an anastomosis or fistula between the gallbladder and an adjacent organ are disclosed. First, a parent magnet, typically a permanent magnet, is deployed in the stomach, small intestine, or another organ adjacent to the gallbladder, and a mating daughter material is deployed in the gallbladder in order to create a magnet-compression anastomosis. The gallbladder may then be ablated or otherwise functionally inactivated through the anastomosis. Another aspect of the invention relates to an all-in-one surgical kit that contains all the necessary specialized tools for a surgeon to perform the procedure.
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44 Claims
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1-35. -35. (canceled)
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36. An implantable device for creating an anastomosis, the device comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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