Transluminal methods and devices for closing, forming attachments to, and/or forming anastomotic junctions in, luminal anatomical structures

US7056325B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Medtronic Vascular, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Joshua Makower · Los Altos, US
• J. Christopher Flaherty · Winter Haven, US
• Timothy R. Machold · Moss Beach, US
• John T. Garibotto · Marblehead, US
• Jason B. Whitt · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 27, 2002
• Grant date: Jun 6, 2006
• Expiry date: Nov 6, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/1139
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for passing attachment apparatus (e.g., connector devices, staples, etc.) or connector material (e.g., suture thread, wire, cord, filament, monofilament, etc.) into or through the wall of a luminal anatomical structure (e.g., a blood vessel or other anatomical conduit) for the purpose of; i) closing the lumen of the anatomical structure, ii) forming an anastomotic junction between separate anatomical structures (or between approximated segments of the same anatomical structure), and/or iii) attaching an article (e.g., an endoluminal, extraluminal or transluminal graft) or other apparatus to the wall of the anatomical structure.