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Transluminal methods and devices for closing, forming attachments to, and/or forming anastomotic junctions in, luminal anatomical structures

  • US 6,287,317 B1
  • Filed: 04/05/2000
  • Issued: 09/11/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of passing a length of connector material through the wall of an anatomical structure which has a wall, and a lumen defined by said wall, said method comprising the steps of:

  • A. providing an intraluminal device which comprises;

    i.) an elongate catheter which is advancable into the lumen of the anatomical structure;

    ii.) a tissue penetrating member which is moveably disposed within said catheter, said tissue-penetrating member being advancable in at least one direction to create a puncture tract through a portion of the wall of the luminal anatomical structure into which the catheter has been inserted; and

    , iii.) a length of connector material attached to said tissue penetrating member so as to be drawn by the tissue-penetrating member through the puncture tract which it creates through a portion of the wall of the luminal anatomical structure;

    B. positioning the catheter within the lumen of the anatomical structure;

    C. passing the tissue penetrating member from the catheter, through the tissue which forms the wall of the anatomical structure, to create a puncture tract through the tissue at a first location and to draw the connector material through said puncture tract; and

    , thereafter, D. retracting the tissue penetrating member into the catheter.

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