Soluble suturing device for an intestine

Claim 1

A soluble suturing device for an intestine, comprising: (a) a staple receiver-magazine means for temporarily receiving a plurality of staples, a suturing presser means for pressing staples out of said magazine means and inserting said staples into the material of a human or animal body, and a suturing receptor means for deforming the ends of inserted staples; (b) each of said suturing receptor means, said staple receiver means and said suturing presser means being made of a material soluble in an intestinal juice; (c) each of said suturing receptor means, said staple receiver means and said suturing presser means being shaped in the form of a cylindrical body, each cylindrical body having a predetermined diameter and being insertable into an intestine; (d) said suturing receptor means comprising a rear end and a front end, said rear end comprising a circumference including a plurality of receiving seats positioned therein; (e) each of said receiving seats comprising a staple receiving groove, each said receiving groove being made of a rigid material; (f) said staple receiver means comprising a front end and a rear end, said front end of said staple receiver means abutting said rear end of said suturing receptor means; and (g) said front end of said staple receiver means comprising a plurality of staple-holding apertures, each of said staple-holding apertures comprising means for holding a staple at a position corresponding to a respective staple-receiving groove of said receiving seat.

Claim 24

A method for suturing first and second severed portions of an intestine, comprising the steps of: (a) inserting a front end of a suturing receptor having a guide cylinder into said first severed portion of said intestine such that a portion of said guide cylinder is protruding externally from said first severed portion of said intestine; (b) covering said portion of said guide cylinder with a staple receiver and a suturing presser, said suturing presser comprising a plurality of staple-urging plates located at front end thereof, said staple receiver comprising a plurality of staple holding apertures, each of said staple holding apertures corresponding to a respective staple urging plate of said suturing presser; (c) inserting said second severed portion of said intestine onto said suturing presser and said staple receiver; (d) stretching mucous membranes of said first and second severed portions of said intestine; (e) pressing a rear end of said suturing presser toward said suturing receptor thereby inserting said staple-urging plates into said staple holding apertures of said staple receiver; (f) pushing staples located in said staple holding apertures into said staple receptor thereby suturing said intestine; and (g) dissolving said suturing receptor, said staple receiver and said suturing presser in an intestinal juice after a predetermined interval.

Claim 25

A method for suturing first and second severed portions of an intestine, comprising the steps of: (a) inserting a front end of a suturing receptor having a guide cylinder into said first severed portion of said intestine such that a portion of said guide cylinder is protruding externally from said first severed portion of said intestine; (b) covering said portion of said guide cylinder with a staple receiver and a suturing presser, said suturing presser comprising a plurality of staple-urging plates located at front end thereof, said staple receiver comprising a plurality of staple holding apertures, each of said staple holding apertures corresponding to a respective staple urging plate of said suturing presser; (c) inserting said second severed portion of said intestine onto said suturing presser and said staple receiver; (d) stretching mucous membranes of said first and second severed portions of said intestine; (e) pressing a rear end of said suturing presser toward said suturing receptor thereby inserting said staple-urging plates into said staple holding apertures of said staple receiver; (f) pushing staples located in said staple holding apertures into said staple receptor thereby suturing said intestine; and (g) dissolving said suturing receptor, said staple receiver and said suturing presser in an intestinal juice after a predetermined interval.