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US 12,251,108 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.
Claims19
A method for creating tissue anastomosis comprising:
- (i) delivering a first modular magnet assembly to a first location within a body, wherein the first modular magnet assembly is configured for placement on a first body wall, and wherein the magnets of the first modular magnet assembly are positioned so that an even number of dipoles of the magnets of the first modular magnet assembly have an alternate north-south, south-north orientation;
- (ii) delivering a second modular magnet assembly to a second location within the body, wherein the second modular magnet assembly is configured for placement on a second body wall;
- (iii) placing the first modular magnet assembly and the second modular magnet assembly on the first body wall and the second body wall respectively.
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