Urethral anastomosis device and method

US9050163B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC. · US

Inventors

• Roger P. Goldberg · Evanston, US
• Douglas S. Scherr · Scarsdale, US
• Anthony J. Wirtel, III · Malvern, US
• Rahul Nair · Thrissur, IN
• Nikhil R. Katre · Jamkhed, IN
• Debasish Pradhan · Sambalpur, IN
• Athar Anwar Solkar · Jamkhed, IN
• Salman Kapadia · Damoh, IN
• Arvind Kumar Gupta · Redwood City, US
• Dinesh A. Diwakar · Mumbai, IN
• Rajesh T. Shelke · Bengaluru, IN
• Jithin Ambujan · Jamkhed, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 20, 2012
• Grant date: Jun 9, 2015
• Expiry date: Feb 19, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2002/9505
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Provided herein is a two-part coupling assembly for re-connecting a first hollow body part to a second body part and an instrument and method for emplacement. The coupling assembly comprises coupling parts having securement elements that are actuated by separate deployment mechanisms of the instrument and attach to the first and second body parts. The first and second coupling parts having interconnecting elements that couple the two-part assembly together and re-connect the first and second body parts.