Anvil delivery device accessory
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsKeith L. Milliman, Thomas Wenchell, Philip C. Roy
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Abstract
A method for performing a surgical procedure is disclosed which uses an anvil delivery system including an anvil assembly, a flexible tube having a first end portion and a second end portion, and a fitting to deliver the anvil assembly to a desired site. The method includes the steps of cutting a second end portion of the flexible tube, attaching a fitting to the second end portion of the flexible tube which has been cut, inserting the insertion tip into tissue, advancing the insertion tip along with the flexible tube and anvil assembly to the desired site within a patient's body, and removing the flexible tube from the anvil assembly and from the desired site leaving the anvil assembly in a patient's body at the desired site.
Claims15
A method of performing a surgical procedure comprising:
- providing an anvil assembly having an anvil head and a flexible tube having a first end portion connected to the anvil assembly;
- providing a fitting having an insertion tip, the fitting being separate from the flexible tube;
- cutting a second end portion of the flexible tube, the second end portion being disposed on an opposite end of the tube from the first end portion;
- attaching the fitting to the cut second end portion of the flexible tube;
- inserting the insertion tip into tissue and advancing the insertion tip along with the flexible tube and anvil assembly to a desired site within a patient's body;
- removing the flexible tube from the anvil assembly and from the desired site leaving the anvil assembly in the patient's body at the desired site.
A method of performing a surgical procedure comprising:
- providing an anvil assembly having an anvil head and a flexible tube having a first end portion connected to the anvil assembly;
- providing a fitting having an insertion tip, the fitting being separate from the flexible tube;
- cutting a second end portion of the flexible tube, the second end portion being disposed on an opposite end of the tube from the first end portion;
- attaching the fitting to the second end portion of the flexible tube;
- inserting the insertion tip into tissue and advancing the insertion tip along with the flexible tube and anvil assembly to a desired site within a patient's body;
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- removing the flexible tube from the anvil assembly and from the desired site leaving the anvil assembly in a patient's body at the desired site;
- wherein the step of attaching the fitting includes the step of inserting a portion of the fitting within the second end portion of the flexible tube to frictionally engage the tube after the step of cutting has been completed.
A method of performing a surgical procedure comprising:
- providing an anvil assembly having an anvil head and a flexible tube having a first end portion connected to the anvil assembly;
- providing a fitting having an insertion tip, the fitting being separate from the flexible tube;
- cutting a second end portion of the flexible tube, the second end portion being disposed on an opposite end of the tube from the first end portion;
- attaching the fitting to the second end portion of the flexible tube;
- inserting the insertion tip into tissue and advancing the insertion tip along with the flexible tube and anvil assembly to a desired site within a patient's body;
- and
- removing the flexible tube from the anvil assembly and from the desired site leaving the anvil assembly in a patient's body at the desired site;
- wherein the step of providing a fitting includes providing a fitting having a bore which receives a suture and the step of inserting the insertion tip includes the step of grasping the suture to pull the insertion tip to advance the fitting, flexible tube and anvil assembly within the patient's body to the desired site;
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- wherein the step of attaching the fitting includes the step of inserting a portion of the fitting within the second end portion of the flexible tube to frictionally engage the tube after the step of cutting has been completed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.