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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas G Hardy, Jr, Columbus, OH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1283 / ; 285260 ; 285370 ; 285397 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for intestinal anastomosis is formed from a pair of anastomotic ring members, each of which is secured to the free end of two tubular tissue members to be anastomosed, and a coupling tube of special design adapted to join each ring member and its associated attached tissue member to the other ring member and attached tissue member. A method for performing intestinal anastomotic surgery utilizing the apparatus above wherein each tubular tissue member end is pulled over the outside and through the inside of one of the ring members and thereby inverted as it is secured to fenestrated projections on the ring member.