US4917090A
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Method for performing an anastomosis
Assignee: MEDICAL Cos ALLIANCE Inc
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Filing: 1988-01-19
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Granted: 1990-04-17
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Expires: 2008-01-19
Abstract
Abstract In surgery, especially in microsurgery, the joining of blood vessels or tubular organs, anastomosis, consumes a considerable part of the surgical time. This invention provides fasteners that are shaped in such a manner that they are retained in a novel clamping device until the joining is accomplished. The fasteners comprise at least two couplable rings having axially directed pins and intermediate holes distributed about their centers, and a shoulder portion formed along the periphery of at least one of the rings for fitting at least one of the rings into the clamping device.
Inventors
- 👤 Anders Berggren
- 👤 Hakan A. E. Rohman
- 👤 Leif T. Ostrup
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 10:07
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/11
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
307 words
A method of joining blood vessels, and establishing a liquid connection between them, comprising: (a) providing a surgical instrument having clamping means and a plurality of recesses disposed therein; (b) providing at least two couplable rings having center holes therein, each of said rings having a plurality of fixed axial directed pins and intermediate holes distributed around the centers thereof, a lower end surface and an upper end surface which are plane-parallel, and at least one shoulder disposed parallel to said end surfaces and arranged along at least a portion of the periphery of each of said rings at a definite distance from said lower end surface, each of said shoulders being slidably insertable into a corresponding one of said plurality of recesses of said surgical instrument; (c) inserting said rings into said clampling means, whereby each of said shoulders is disposed into said corresponding recess of said surgical instrument for aiding in aligning the pins of a first of said couplable rings with the intermediate holes of a second couplable rings; (d) threading a first of said blood vessels through the center hole of said first of said couplable rings and securing the outer wall of said first blood vessel to the pins of said ring; (e) threading a second of said blood vessels through the center hole of said second of said couplable rings and securing the outer wall of said second blood vessel to the pins of said second ring; and (f) actuating said surgical instrument to cause the pins of said first ring to be forced into the intermediate holes of said second ring and to cause the pins of said second ring to be forced into the intermediate holes of said first ring, said actuating step causing said couplable rings to join said blood vessels to establish a liquid connection between them.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
307 words
A method of joining blood vessels, and establishing a liquid connection between them, comprising: (a) providing a surgical instrument having clamping means and a plurality of recesses disposed therein; (b) providing at least two couplable rings having center holes therein, each of said rings having a plurality of fixed axial directed pins and intermediate holes distributed around the centers thereof, a lower end surface and an upper end surface which are plane-parallel, and at least one shoulder disposed parallel to said end surfaces and arranged along at least a portion of the periphery of each of said rings at a definite distance from said lower end surface, each of said shoulders being slidably insertable into a corresponding one of said plurality of recesses of said surgical instrument; (c) inserting said rings into said clampling means, whereby each of said shoulders is disposed into said corresponding recess of said surgical instrument for aiding in aligning the pins of a first of said couplable rings with the intermediate holes of a second couplable rings; (d) threading a first of said blood vessels through the center hole of said first of said couplable rings and securing the outer wall of said first blood vessel to the pins of said ring; (e) threading a second of said blood vessels through the center hole of said second of said couplable rings and securing the outer wall of said second blood vessel to the pins of said second ring; and (f) actuating said surgical instrument to cause the pins of said first ring to be forced into the intermediate holes of said second ring and to cause the pins of said second ring to be forced into the intermediate holes of said first ring, said actuating step causing said couplable rings to join said blood vessels to establish a liquid connection between them.
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