Anti-Fistula Strip
AssigneeDavol Inc.
InventorDavid Jean-Marie Nocca
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Abstract
The inventive strip is made of a resorbable material and colonisable by fibroblasts comprises a closure for connecting two ends, thereby securing an anastomosis.
Claims26
A flexible, non-elastic strip made of resorbable material and having longitudinal axis, the strip comprising a closure adapted to join two end pieces of the strip into a ring, one of the end pieces being wider than the other to define a widened piece and a narrow piece, the widened piece having at least one pair of suture openings, the openings of one pair being arranged symmetrically with respect to the longitudinal axis of the strip.
A flexible, non-elastic strip having longitudinal axis, the strip comprising:
- a first portion disposed at one end of the strip;
- a second portion joined to the first portion and disposed at an opposite end of the strip, the second portion having at least one pair of suture openings adapted to secure the strip to bodily tissue;
- and
- a closure adapted to join the first and second portions together into a ring shape;
- wherein the strip is formed of a resorbable material.
A method for digestive or biliary anastomosis or for treatment of perforations of the digestive tube, the method comprising:
- providing a flexible, resorbable, non-elastic strip having longitudinal axis, the strip having a first portion disposed at one end of the strip a second portion joined to the first portion and disposed at an opposite end of the strip, the second portion having at least one pair of suture openings adapted to secure the strip to bodily tissue, and a closure;
- encircling a tubular organ with the strip;
- using the closure, closing the strip into a ring;
- and
- suturing the strip through the suture openings to bodily tissue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.