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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1995
Jude S Sauer, Pittsford, NY (US);
Roger J Greenwald, Holley, NY (US);
Theodore J Tiberio, Hilton, NY (US);
Jeffrey M Shaw, Livonia, NY (US);
John F Hammond, Canadaigua, NY (US);
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument for carrying and attaching separate components of a compression anastomosis device to the end of tissue of a tubular hollow organ, which includes an elongated housing having a proximal end and a distal end; first and second compression anastomosis device components; a supporting member operatively associated with the distal end of the elongated housing, for supporting the first and second compression anastomosis device components; and assembling structure associated with the supporting member and operable from the proximal end of the elongated housing, for assembling the first and second compression anastomosis device components within tubular body tissue.