US 6,981,979 B2
Surgical anastomotic devices
Enrico Nicolo, 515 Timber La., Jefferson Hills, Pa. 15025 (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/320,749.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/340451, filed on Dec. 14, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2003/0144675 A1, Jul. 31, 2003
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 606—153 18 Claims
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1. A surgical resection and reconstruction method for a tubular body lumen comprising the steps of:
Providing a surgical anastomotic apparatus having an elongate tubular body and elements forming a closed loop anastomotic ring in the reconstructed hollow lumen and in a general anastomosis plane for reconstruction of the body lumen, wherein the anastomotic ring is non-circular, and wherein the elements of the surgical anastomotic apparatus have a dimension greater in one direction within the anastomosis plane than in an orthogonal direction in the anastomosis plane, whereby the greater dimension defines a long axis for the elements of the surgical anastomotic apparatus; and
At least one of inserting and withdrawing the elongate tubular body and ring through the interior of the body lumen and longitudinally along an interior portion of the body lumen with the long axis of the elements of the surgical anastomotic apparatus generally parallel with the axis of the tubular body lumen.