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Granted Patent B2
US 12,201,299 · App. 17/328,628 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Devices and methods for forming an anastomosis

Inventors: Kenneth F. Binmoeller (San Francisco, CA); Peter Brown (Palo Alto, CA); Keke Lepulu (Menlo Park, CA); Ryan Donovan (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,201,299
App. No.
17/328,628
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Devices and methods for deploying an anastomotic stent between portions of the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract are disclosed. The anastomotic stents are configured to atraumatically engage the tissue walls and to permit the flow of fluid, partially digested food, and food. The stents can be deployed using endoscopic catheter devices, laparoscopic tools, and combinations of both endoscopic tools and laparoscopic tools. Examples of anastomoses include anastomoses between the stomach and a portion of the intestines such as the jejunum. Anastomoses can also be formed between two closed ends of the intestines, such as two closed ends of the colon formed during a colon resection procedure. Anastomoses can also be formed between a fundal pouch formed during a gastric bypass procedure and the jejunum. Laparoscopic tools are disclosed to deploy a stent by selectively removing a radial restraint on a self expanding stent with the restraint removed through the laparoscopic access points.

Claims (36)

1. A device having a self-expanding body that comprises:

a middle region having a lumen and defining a longitudinal axis and a center plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis;

a first end region and a second end region that extend away from the longitudinal axis on opposite ends of the middle region and expand into a first retention configuration and a second retention configuration, respectively, when the body expands;

the first retention configuration and/or the second retention configuration comprising at least a first point of inflection and a second point of inflection that define a first segment and a second segment of the retention configuration;

the first segments extending from the first point of inflection toward the center plane along at least a portion of a length of the first segments, the second segments extending from the second point of inflection away from the center plane along at least a portion of a length of the second segments; and

wherein an angle of the first point of inflection defined by the first segments and the middle region is at least as great as an opposing angle of the second point of inflection defined by the first segments and the second segments.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second segments are curved along a portion of the length of each segment.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first point of inflection and the second point of inflection points have a curved surface.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the curved surface of the first point of inflection of each retention configuration faces away from the center plane and the curved surface of the second point of inflection of each retention configuration faces toward the center plane.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein a line passing through at least a portion of each retention configuration along a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis will intersect the retention configuration at four discrete points.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first point of inflection and the second point of inflection and first and second segments of each retention configuration above or below the longitudinal axis form an S-shape or Z-shape.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the retention configurations on opposite ends of the middle region are configured to appose adjacent layers of bodily tissue.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the retention configurations are flanges.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein each retention configuration has a diameter greater than twice a diameter of the middle region and greater than a length of the middle region.

10. A drainage stent having a self-expanding stent body that comprises:

a middle region having a lumen and defining a longitudinal axis;

first and second end regions that extend radially from the longitudinal axis into first and second retention configurations, respectively, on opposite ends of the middle region when expanded, each of the first and second retention configurations defining at least first and second segment lengths of the stent body;

wherein the first segment lengths of each retention configuration extend from the middle region and the second segment lengths of each retention configuration extend from respective first segment lengths;

wherein the intersection of the middle region and the first segment lengths defines a first inflection point and the intersection of the first segment lengths and second segment lengths defines a second inflection point; and

wherein an angle of the first inflection point of the first and/or second retention configuration is 90 degrees or less, and an opposing angle of the second inflection point of the first and/or second retention configuration is 90 degrees or less.

11. The drainage stent of claim 10 , wherein the second segment lengths are shorter than the first segment lengths.

12. The drainage stent of claim 10 , wherein the first and second inflection points and first and second segment lengths of each retention configuration above or below the longitudinal axis form an S-shape or Z-shape.

13. The drainage stent of claim 10 , wherein an end of the first segment length of each retention configuration that is furthest from the longitudinal axis terminates at a distance along the longitudinal axis that is closer to a center plane of the middle region than the first inflection point.

14. The drainage stent of claim 10 , wherein the retention configurations on opposite ends of the middle region are configured to appose adjacent layers of bodily tissue.

15. The drainage stent of claim 10 , wherein the retention configurations are flanges.

16. The drainage stent of claim 10 , wherein each retention configuration has a diameter greater than twice a diameter of the middle region and greater than a length of the middle region.

17. A drainage device having a device body that comprises:

a middle region having a lumen and defining a longitudinal axis and a center plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis;

first and second end regions that extend radially from the longitudinal axis into respective first and second flanges on opposite ends of the middle region when expanded,

wherein the first flange and the second flange comprise at least first and second points of inflection that define first and second segments of the flange, the second points of inflection being further spaced radially from the longitudinal axis than the first points of inflection, and the second points of inflection closer than the first points of inflection to the center plane along the longitudinal axis,

wherein the first flange touches at least first points and the second flange touches at least second points on planes that are parallel to the longitudinal axis,

wherein one plane is each above and below the longitudinal axis, and

wherein the first flange touches at least third points and/or the second flange touches at least fourth points on the planes that are parallel to the longitudinal axis.

18. The device of claim 17 , wherein the device body is self-expanding and comprises a woven nitinol filament braid of a shape memory material, and wherein the woven nitinol filament braid comprises multiple filaments or a single filament.

19. The device of claim 17 , wherein the flanges on opposite ends of the middle region are configured to appose adjacent layers of bodily tissue.

20. The device of claim 17 , wherein each flange has a diameter greater than twice a diameter of the middle region and greater than a length of the middle region.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2021
From: XLUMENA, INC.
To: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Reel/Frame 056655/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2021
From: BINMOELLER, KENNETH F.; BROWN, PETER; LEPULU, KEKE; DONOVAN, RYAN
To: XLUMENA, INC.
Reel/Frame 056369/0605 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 16014640 · Jun 21, 2018
Continuation 15331285 · Oct 21, 2016
Continuation 14186994 · Feb 21, 2014
Provisional Application 61767577 · Feb 21, 2013
Related Publication 20210275177A1 · Sep 9, 2021
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