IP Library Granted Patent US 10,568,630
Granted Patent B2
US 10,568,630 · App. 14/237,521 · Granted Feb 25, 2020

Modular magnetic devices for use in creating tissue anastomosis

Inventors: Juan Hernandez (Strasbourg, FR); Michele Diana (Savigny, CH); James Kennedy Wall (Palo Alto, CA)
Assignee: IRCAD
A61B17/1114A61B17/11A61B2017/00292A61B2017/00862A61B2017/00876
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Patent No.
US 10,568,630
App. No.
14/237,521
Granted
Feb 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides modular magnetic anastomosis devices that can be implemented in digestive surgery or in any circumstance of anastomosis between adjacent organs or two hollow viscera. The device is minimally invasive and easily and quickly delivered using laparoscopic or endoscopic procedures.

Claims (13)

1. A modular magnet assembly for creating an anastomosis of a tissue, comprising:

a first set of modular magnets;

a first wire guide having a first end and a second end, wherein the first wire guide passes through a plurality of holes in a material that envelopes the first set of modular magnets so that the first wire guide is slidably coupled to the first set of modular magnets;

a central ring having an opening, wherein the central ring is fixedly coupled to the first end and configured to receive the second end with the opening;

a second wire guide that couples the central ring to the first set of modular magnets;

wherein when a user pulls the second end through the opening the first set of modular magnets switch from a delivery configuration to a deployment configuration, and wherein the deployment configuration is configured to create the anastomosis of the tissue together with a second set of modular magnets.

2. The modular magnet assembly of claim 1 , wherein the deployment configuration is a circular shape.

3. The modular magnet assembly of claim 1 , wherein the delivery configuration is an elongated shape.

4. The modular magnet assembly of claim 1 , wherein the deployment configuration is a U shape.

5. The modular magnet assembly of claim 1 , wherein the deployment configuration is an S shape.

6. The modular magnet assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first set of modular magnets is delivered to an organ using laparoscopic trocars.

7. The modular magnet assembly of claim 1 , wherein the second set of modular magnets is delivered to an organ using endoscopy.

8. The modular magnet assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first set of modular magnets is configured to maintain the deployment configuration upon retraction of the first wire guide.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2014
From: HERNANDEZ, JUAN; DIANA, MICHELE; WALL, JAMES KENNEDY
To: IRCAD
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61506710 · Jul 12, 2011
Related Publication 20150164508A1 · Jun 18, 2015
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