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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2010
Nathan H. White, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael P. Schaller, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Luke W. Clauson, Redwood City, CA (US);
Michael Murillo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bernard A. Hausen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Nathan H. White, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael P. Schaller, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Luke W. Clauson, Redwood City, CA (US);
Michael Murillo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bernard A. Hausen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Cardica, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A surgical method for treating a tissue structure having a wall and a lumen may include providing a substantially rigid anvil and a flexible tip affixed to and extending from the distal end of that anvil; making an incision in the wall of the tissue structure; inserting the flexible tip and at least a portion of the rigid anvil through the incision into the lumen of the tissue structure; and deforming at least one connector, introduced from outside the wall of the tissue structure, against the portion of the rigid anvil located within the lumen of the tissue structure.