Device and method for the therapy of obesity

• US 8,187,289 B2
• Filed: 06/16/2005
• Issued: 05/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Bilotti, Federico, D'Arcangelo, Michele, Kuhns, Jesse J., Clem, Michael F., Tacchino, Roberto
• Primary Examiner(s): Severson, Ryan
• Assistant Examiner(s): CRONIN, ASHLEY L
• Application Number:
  US11/662,010
• Publication Number:
  US 20110130775A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,539 Days
• Field of Search: 604/93.01, 604/164.01, 604/164.03, 604/164.04, 604/164.13, 604/174, 604/175, 604/264, 604/500, 606153-156, 606/151, 2271751-1821
• US Class Current: 606/153
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/1114 of the digestive tract, e.g. bowels or oesophagus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00862 elastic or resilient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0404 Buttons
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/1103 Approximator
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/1139 Side-to-side connections, e.g. shunt or X-connections
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/22038 with a guide wire

Abstract

A device for drawing tissues together and creating an anastomosis comprises a main guide wire (66, 86) suitable to receive and draw anastomotic devices (10; 16; 24) in order to draw together portions (A; B) of tissues to be joined by means of anastomosis. The main guide wire (66, 86) is suitable to be shaped like an open ring crossing the portions (A, A′; B, B′) of tissues to be joined by means of anastomosis (66, 86), wherein the ends of the main guide wire (66, 86) are different and distinguishable from each other. The main guide wire (66, 86) has a tubular or hollow structure suitable to house at least one needle for a push or radiofrequency perforation of the tissues.

Claims

1. A method for carrying out anastomosis in tracts of a digestive tube comprising the steps of:

introducing a guide means through a natural orifice and within tissues of the tracts intended to be drawn together and joined,

shaping said guide means as an open ring extending between opposite free guide ends, said open ring portions of the tissues to be joined by means of anastomosis with said free guide ends meeting at said natural orifice,

inserting at least one portion of an anastomotic device along the guide means,

locking said at least one portion of the anastomotic device on said guide means in a position remote from both free guide ends,

moving said portion of the anastomotic device to an anastomotic site and drawing together said portions of the tissues intended to be joined by pulling one of said free guide ends while conserving said open ring, and

carrying out an anastomosis between said tissue portions.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the guide means is a main guide wire which crosses a proximal enterostomy and a distal enterostomy, said enterostomies being obtained by causing a needle to slide within a tubular structure of a the main guide wire, said needle perforating the tissue.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the main guide wire is introduced until matching a first portion of tissue to be joined and inserted through the proximal enterostomy that is carried out by causing a needle to slide within the tubular structure of said main guide wire, said needle perforating said first portion of tissue.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein a secondary guide wire is introduced until matching a second portion of tissue to be joined in order to carry out a distal enterostomy by causing a needle to slide within the tubular structure of said secondary guide wire, said needle perforating the second portion of tissue.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein a gripping device is introduced through said distal enterostomy to grip an end of the main guide.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein at least one portion of the anastomotic device is inserted and locked on the main guide wire defining the open ring and drawn in by pulling one of the free ends of the open ring.

7. The method according to claim 3, wherein, by pulling one of said free guide ends, said portion of the anastomotic device is moved until it is partially introduced in the proximal enterostomy thereby abutting against the first portion of tissue to be joined.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein, by pulling one of said free guide ends, said portion of the anastomotic device is partially introduced in the proximal and distal enterostomies to join said portions of tissues and to generate a passage.

9. The method according to claim 1, comprising a step of carrying out a gastrojejunostomy comprising the steps of:

introducing the guide through a natural orifice within the stomach and jejunum, and

shaping the guide means in a first open ring with ends leading to said orifice, said first ring crossing the portions to be joined, respectively a jejunostomy and a gastrostomy.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein a main guide wire is introduced through the esophagus, stomach and a tract of the jejunum and an end thereof is passed through the jejunum wall in order to form a jejunostomy at the portion of the tissue to be joined.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the jejunostomy is carried out by causing a needle to slide within a tubular structure of the main guide wire, said needle perforating the tissue.

12. The method according to claim 10 or 11, wherein said main guide wire is introduced through a main gastroscope that has been previously introduced through the esophagus, stomach and jejunum.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein after said main gastroscope has been introduced, it is removed and the main guide wire is left within the stomach and along a tract of the jejunum with an end thereof protruding from the jejunum at the tissue portion to be joined.

14. The method according to claim 9, wherein a gastrostomy is created at a portion of the tissue of the stomach to be joined to the corresponding portion of the jejunum.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein said gastrostomy is created by a needle that is slidingly inserted in the tubular structure of a secondary guide wire, said needle perforating the tissue.

16. The method according to claim 14 or 15, wherein said gastrostomy is enlarged by using a balloon catheter.

17. The method according to claim 14, wherein a gripping device is advanced through the gastrostomy and couples with the end of the main guide wire protruding from the jejunostomy.

18. The method according to claim 1, comprising a step of carrying out a jejunojejunostomy (J-J) comprising the steps of:

introducing the guide through a natural orifice within the stomach and jejunum, and

shaping the guide means into an open ring with ends leading to said orifice, said ring crossing portions of tissue (B, B′

) to be joined, respectively a proximal jejunostomy and a distal jejunostomy.