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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2017
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Gregory J. Bakos, Mason, OH (US);
Bethany F. Grant, Scituate, MA (US);
John V. Hunt, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Daniel W. Price, Loveland, OH (US);
Nicholas B. Van Stolk, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
A tissue compression device for forming an anastomosis between first and second anatomical structures may include a first device portion having a first magnetic member and a second device portion having a second magnetic member. The magnetic members are configured to magnetically draw together the first and second device portions to compress tissue positioned therebetween. The compression device further includes a latching mechanism configured to couple the first device portion with the second device portion when the device portions are magnetically drawn together. The latching mechanism may include a first latching member extending from the first device portion and a second latching member extending from the second device portion. The latching members are configured to lockingly engage and thereby couple the first device portion with the second device portion.