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Method and device for surgically joining luminal structures

  • US 5,554,162 A
  • Filed: 12/02/1994
  • Issued: 09/10/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for surgically joining at least two luminal structures, the system comprising:

  • a bridge having walls defining an interior space, a first end and a second end, and a body, said body being between said first end and said second end, said bridge capable of being inserted, at least partially, into the luminal structures;

    a first needle having a pointed first end and a second end, said needle dimensioned to be fitted into the interior of said bridge;

    suture material for engaging the second end of said first needle;

    channel for guiding said first needle through said bridge into the luminal structures to be joined;

    wherein one end of said bridge is at least partially inserted into an end of one of the luminal structures to be joined for receipt of said first needle through said guiding means and through the walls of one of the luminal structures.

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