Magnetic Anastomosis Device with an Embedded Drainage Mechanism
OwnerVirender K. Sharmainventor
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Abstract
An anastomosis device includes magnets coupled to a wire capable of changing shape from a straight wire into a coil when deployed within a body. The coil exerts compressive force upon layers of tissue caught between loops of the coil. The compressive force is enhanced by attractive forces between magnets coupled with adjacent loops of the coil and causes the coil to cut through the tissue layers, creating an anastomosis. One end of the wire is preferably provided with a connecting member, such as a screw or a nut, for connecting with a delivery device. Positioned on or around the anastomosis device is an expandable drainage mechanism, such as a stent.
Claims20
An anastomosis device comprising:
- a wire, wherein said wire has a first state and a second state, wherein, in said first state, the wire has a substantially linear form, wherein, in said second state, the wire forms a coil having at least a first loop and a second loop, and wherein said wire is adapted to transform from the first state to the second state when exposed to a temperature greater than a threshold value, and wherein the first loop is connected to the second loop by means of a bridging segment comprising a predefined length of the wire enabling the wire upon changing from the first state to the second state to coil into the first loop in a first direction and to coil into the second loop in a second opposing direction;
- a plurality of magnets positioned over the first loop and the second loop, wherein each of said plurality of magnets has a lumen through which said wire extends, wherein, in each of said first loop and second loop, a portion of adjacent magnets of said plurality of magnets are configured to not attach to each other, and wherein a portion of said plurality of magnets in the first loop are configured to attract a portion of said plurality of magnets in the second loop;
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- a stent positioned over the bridging segment, wherein the stent is expandable from a first collapsed state to a second expanded state, wherein the stent has a lumen through which the bridging segment extends.
An anastomosis device comprising:
- a wire comprising a first section and a second section and a connecting section between the first section and the second section;
- a first plurality of magnets positioned coaxially about the first section of the wire;
- a second plurality of magnets positioned coaxially about the second section of the wire;
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- a stent covering the connecting section of the wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.