Anastomosis surgical instruments

Claim 1

A SURGICAL DEVICE ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN THE REJOINING OF SEVERED TUBULAR BODY DUCTS SUCH AS BLOOD VESSELS, BILE DUCTS AND THE LIKE, COMPRISING A PAIR OF ELONGATED SIMILAR ELEMENTS, EACH OF WHICH IS PROVIDED WITH FINGER HOLDING MEANS ON ONE END AND EACH BEING PROVIDED ON THE OPPOSITE END WITH A BODY PROVIDING A WORKING SURFACE, SAID ELEMENTS BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED INTERMEDIATE THEIR ENDS FOR RELATIVE PIVOTAL MOVEMENT WHEREBY THE SAID BODIES ARE MOVED TO AND FROM THEIR WORKING POSITION IN THE MANNER OF FORCEPS AND THE LIKE; SAID BODIES EACH HAVING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL FORM, AND EACH HAVING AXIALLY THERETHROUGH A GENERALLY CIRCULAR CHANNEL WHEREBY TO RECEIVE SAID TUBULAR BODY DUCTS; EACH OF SAID BODIES HAVING DISCONTINUOUS OUTER WALLS THEREBY AFFORDING PASSAGEWAYS TO THE EXTERIOR OF SAID BODIES FROM SAID OPENINGS; MEANS MOVABLE WITH RESPECT TO EACH OF SAID BODIES FOR CLOSING SAID PASSAGEWAY; SAID BODIES, IN THEIR MOVEMENT TO FINAL WORKING POSITION UNDER FINGER MANIPULATION OF THE SAID HOLDING SURFACES, FIRST MEETING AT SUBSTANTIALLY A SINGLE POINT ON THEIR WORKING SURFACES, SAID POINT LYING SUBSTANTIALLY MIDWAY BETWEEN THE ENDS OF AND IN THE ARCUATE PORTIONS OF THE WORKING SURFACES OF SAID BODIES WHICH DEPEND OUTERMOST OF SAID DEVICE, SAID POINT DETERMINING THE APEX OF THE DEFINING AN ANGLE EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID WORKING SURFACES OF SAID BODIES AND INWARDLY OF SAID DEVICE, SAID POINT THEREUPON ACTING AS A FULCRUM POINT RELATIVE TO SAID BODIES AND SAID ANGLE DECREASING AS SAID BODIES ARE MOVED INTO THEIR FINAL WORKING POSITION, SAID BODIES BEING IN SUBSTANTIAL POINT TO POINT CONTACT ABOUT THEIR OPPOSING WORKING SURFACES IN SAID FINAL WORKING POSITION AND HAVING THEIR CYLINDRICAL AXES SUBSTANTIALLY COINCIDENT; SAID HOLDING MEANS AFFORDING THE USER THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CONTROLLED AMOUNT OF PRESSURE BETWEEN SAID SURFACES, AND MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID ELEMENTS FOR RESTRAINING MOVEMENT OF SAID WORKING SURFACE FROM THIER WORKING POSITION AND MAINTAINING SAID PRESSURE.