Anastomosis devices

Implantable medical devices (40, 300, 400) for connecting tissue layers, such as for connecting a gallbladder and a portion of a gastrointestinal tract to create an anastomosis, include a tubular structure having a plurality of apposition portions (302,304), a central region (306), and a covering ma...

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1. Verfasser: Sambandam, Sakthi
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Zusammenfassung:Implantable medical devices (40, 300, 400) for connecting tissue layers, such as for connecting a gallbladder and a portion of a gastrointestinal tract to create an anastomosis, include a tubular structure having a plurality of apposition portions (302,304), a central region (306), and a covering material. The devices are endoscopically deployable and include flange members (308, 310) having hinge members (322) of variable properties such as length, angle, shape, material stiffness, and wire diameter.