Device and method to prevent leakage
AssigneeSafeguard Surgical, Inc.
InventorsScott T. Kelley, Jill Kelley
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Abstract
Method and device to prevent leakage of an intestine during surgery. The device is a tubular straw like device formed as one piece and having a first end opening, a second end opening and a lumen extending through an entire length of the device. The device can include an enlarged diameter rim to provide a radial force against the intestine. The device is placed at an anastomotic site of two intestine portions and attached by adhesive. The device can be used to close off perforations of body lumens.
Claims15
A method to prevent leakage of bodily fluids from anastomosis sites, the method comprising:
- resecting a portion of a colon of a patient during a resection surgery;
- during the resection surgery:
- applying an adhesive to each of a first lumen of a first colon portion and a second lumen of a second colon portion;
- attaching the second colon portion to the first colon portion to form an anastomotic site;
- subsequent to applying the adhesive to each of the first lumen and the second lumen, positioning a tubular device in the first lumen of the first colon portion, the tubular device formed as one piece and having a first end opening, a second end opening, a tubular lumen extending through an entire length of the tubular device, and an outer wall, wherein positioning the tubular device in the first lumen comprises sealing a first portion of the outer wall of the tubular device to an inner wall of the first colon portion to form a first seal;
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- positioning the tubular device in the second lumen of the second colon portion, wherein positioning the tubular device in the second lumen comprises sealing a second portion of the outer wall of the tubular device to an inner wall of the second colon portion to form a second seal.
A method to prevent leakage of bodily fluids from anastomosis sites, the method comprising:
- resecting a portion of a body lumen during a resection surgery into a first body lumen and a second body lumen;
- during the resection surgery:
- applying an adhesive to each of the first body lumen and the second body lumen;
- attaching the second body lumen to the first body lumen to form an anastomotic site;
- subsequent to applying the adhesive to each of the first body lumen and the second body lumen, positioning a tubular device in the first body lumen and the second body lumen, the tubular device comprises a tubular body, the tubular body comprising a top portion, a bottom portion, and an intermediate portion between the top portion and the bottom portion, the tubular body formed as one piece and having a first end opening at the top portion, a second end opening at the bottom portion, a tubular lumen extending through an entire length of the tubular body, and an outer wall, wherein positioning the tubular body in the first body lumen comprises sealing a first portion of the outer wall of the tubular body to an inner wall of the first body lumen to form a first seal;
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- positioning the tubular body in the second body lumen, wherein positioning the tubular body in the second body lumen comprises sealing a second portion of the outer wall of the tubular body to an inner wall of the second body lumen to form a second seal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.