US 11,857,193 B2
Partial eversion anastomosis juncture formation and suturing
Adam Lee Smith, Palm Desert, CA (US); Clifton A. Alferness, Olalla, WA (US); Gina M. Muia-Longman, Seattle, WA (US); Clinton L Finger, Bellevue, WA (US); and David R. Seward, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Gyrus ACMI, Inc., Westborough, MA (US)
Filed by Gyrus ACMI, Inc., Westborough, MA (US)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/400,926.
Application 17/400,926 is a continuation of application No. 16/367,160, filed on Mar. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,116,506.
Prior Publication US 2021/0378673 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/115 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/11 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/1152 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/11 (2013.01); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00566 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1107 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1121 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1125 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1132 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
everting a distal portion of an end of a donor passage, a proximal portion of the end of the donor passage remaining in a non-everted position;
everting a distal portion of an opening of a receiving passage, a proximal portion of the opening of the receiving passage remaining in a non-everted position;
forming a passage juncture between the end of the donor passage and the opening of the receiving passage; and
motivating a filament along a generally helical path around the passage juncture to suture the donor passage to the receiving passage,
wherein the proximal portion of the donor passage meets the proximal portion of the receiving passage at an acute angle.