Anastomosis system

US8337395B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• OLYMPUS CORPORATION · JP
• Apollo Endosurgery, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Keita Suzuki · Tokyo, JP
• Tetsuya Yamamoto · Yokohama, JP
• Yoshio Onuki · Hachioji, JP
• Satoshi Miyamoto · Osaka, JP
• Masahiro Ishikawa · Anjo, JP
• Anthony N. Kalloo · Baltimore, US
• Sergey Kantsevoy · Owings Mills, US
• Pankaj J. Pasricha · Houston, US
• Sydney Sheung Chee Chung · Hong Kong, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: May 4, 2009
• Grant date: Dec 25, 2012
• Expiry date: Dec 3, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/062
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

There is provided an endoscopic system.The system comprises a flexible endoscope insertable into a first tubular organ from a natural opening of a human body. The system further comprises an opening member which forms on a wall part of the first tubular organ an opening used to insert the endoscope into an abdominal cavity from the first tubular organ in the body, an anastomosing member which is able to anastomoses the first tubular organ with a second tubular organ in the abdominal cavity, and a cutting member with which the second tubular organ is able to be cut.