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US 11,344,308 B2Granted
Modular magnetic devices for use in creating tissue anastomosis
AssigneeIrcad
InventorsJuan Hernandez, Michele Diana, James Kennedy Wall
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides modular magnetic anastomosis devices that can be implemented in digestive surgery or in any circumstance of anastomosis between adjacent organs or two hollow viscera. The device is minimally invasive and easily and quickly delivered using laparoscopic or endoscopic procedures.
Claims15
A modular magnet assembly for anastomosing tissue comprising:
- a) a first set of modular magnets;
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- b) a second set of modular magnets;
- wherein the first set of modular magnets and the second set of modular magnets are configured for placement on a first body wall and a second body wall respectively, within such a distance that the first set of modular magnets and the second set of modular magnets are magnetically attracted to one another through a defined tissue area, and are further configured to magnetically couple such that a magnetic coupling of the first set of modular magnets with the second set of modular magnets compresses the first body wall and the second body wall between the magnetically coupled first set of modular magnets and second set of modular magnets to form an anastomosis between the first body wall and the second body wall;
- characterized in that the magnets of the first set of modular magnets are positioned so that an even number of dipoles of the magnets of the first set of modular magnets have an alternate north-south, south-north orientation.
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