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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2007
Michele D'arcangelo, Via Benedetto Croce, IT;
Jesse J. Kuhns, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Alessandro Pastorelli, Via Francessco, IT;
Federico Bilotti, Via Bernina, IT;
Roberto Tacchino, Rome, IT;
Michele D'Arcangelo, Via Benedetto Croce, IT;
Jesse J. Kuhns, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Alessandro Pastorelli, Via Francessco, IT;
Federico Bilotti, Via Bernina, IT;
Roberto Tacchino, Rome, IT;
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A positioning device for deploying at least one locking portion () of an anastomotic device () for drawing together a first tissue portion () and a second tissue portion () to be connected by means of anastomosis is suitable for sliding along a guide means comprising at least one guide wire (A, B) and comprises an elongated structure (). A head () of the positioning device is suitable to be interference-inserted on a distal end of the elongated structure (). The head () comprises elastic tabs () extending from a proximal end of the head and at least one channel () suitable for receiving a guide wire. The head () comprises a distal end defining a thrust surface () for a locking portion () of the anastomotic device ().