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

  • US 6,491,707 B2
  • Filed: 07/18/2001
  • Issued: 12/10/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for passing a connector material through the wall of a luminal anatomical structure, said device comprising:

  • an elongate catheter which is advancable into the lumen of the anatomical structure;

    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;

    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.

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