Kit for washing an intestinal anastomosis in situ
AssigneeSafeHeal SAS
InventorSéverine Leveau-Mollier
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Abstract
A kit including a device for intestinal anastomosis enema in situ, and an anastomosis protection device comprising a flexible external sheath connected to a stent located downstream of the sheath and designed to be anchored upstream of the anastomosis. The enema device has: a perforated, tubular element of annular shape that can distribute an enema composition, upstream of the anastomosis, a supply tube one end of which emerges in the tubular element and one end of which is open to injection means designed to deliver the composition into said tubular element, holding means for the tubular element upstream of the anastomosis.
Claims20
A kit for performing an intestinal anastomosis enema in situ in an intestine having an anastomosis, the kit comprising:
- an anchor configured to be anchored within the intestine upstream of the anastomosis;
- a sheath coupled to the anchor, the sheath configured to extend downstream from the anchor and across the anastomosis to thereby protect the anastomosis;
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- an enema device comprising a perforated, annularly shaped tube configured to distribute an enema composition, the perforated, annularly shaped tube configured to be positioned in the intestine upstream of the anastomosis, the enema device further comprising a supply tube having a first end coupled to the perforated, annularly shaped tube and a second end configured to receive an injection of the enema composition for delivery into the perforated, annularly shaped tube upstream of the anastomosis such that the enema composition flows downstream to the anastomosis.
A method for performing an intestinal anastomosis enema in situ in an intestine having an anastomosis, the method comprising:
- anchoring an anchor within the intestine upstream of the anastomosis, the anchor coupled to a sheath that extends downstream from the anchor across the anastomosis to thereby protect the anastomosis;
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- delivering an enema composition from an enema device comprising a perforated, annularly shaped tube positioned in the intestine upstream of the anastomosis via a supply tube coupled to the perforated, annularly shaped tube such that the enema composition flows downstream to the anastomosis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.