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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
May. 21, 2006
Ofer Yossepowitch, Petach Tikva, IL;
Eliahu Eliachar, Haifa, IL;
Nir Lilach, Kfar Yehoshua, IL;
Dan Sade Hochstadter, Kibbutz Bet Alfa, IL;
Eyal Bressler, Almon, IL;
Ofer Yossepowitch, Petach Tikva, IL;
Eliahu Eliachar, Haifa, IL;
Nir Lilach, Kfar Yehoshua, IL;
Dan Sade Hochstadter, Kibbutz Bet Alfa, IL;
Eyal Bressler, Almon, IL;
Keren Medical Ltd., Kibbutz Bet Alfa, IL (US);
Abstract
An assisted anastomosis apparatus and a method thereby for reconnecting the urethral stump to the neck of the bladder after removal of the prostate during a prostatectomy, comprising two suture units, namely a urethral stump suturing unit () and a bladder suturing unit (), at least a section of said urethral stump suturing unit () has suitable dimensions to be introduced into a bladder neck and at least a section of said bladder suturing unit () has suitable dimensions to be introduced into a urethral stump; such that each needle pulls the suture leading from its equivalent position on the urethral stump through the wall of the bladder neck.