LAPAROSCOPIC ANASTOMOSIS DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF

An apparatus includes an interface, and an elongate body coupled to the interface. An end effector is coupled to a distal end the elongate body and includes a first end effector element defining a first receptacle structured to hold a first coupler element of a coupler that receives an axial end of a first vessel, and a second end effector element defining a second receptacle structured to hold a second coupler element of the coupler that receives an axial end of a second vessel. The end effector is configured to move between a first configuration in which the first and second end effector elements are separate, and a second configuration in which first end effector element is proximate to the second end effector element such that the first coupler element is coupled to the second coupler element so as to couple the first vessel to the second vessel.