US 12,268,392 B2
Anastomosis devices
Daniel H. Todd, North East, MD (US); and Sakthi Sambandam, Elkton, MD (US)
Assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US)
Filed by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US)
Filed on May 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/735,291.
Application 17/735,291 is a continuation of application No. 15/970,648, filed on May 3, 2018, granted, now 11,344,307.
Application 15/970,648 is a continuation of application No. 14/700,505, filed on Apr. 30, 2015, granted, now 9,993,251, issued on Jun. 12, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/987,954, filed on May 2, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0257252 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/11 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01)
CPC A61B 17/1114 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 17/11 (2013.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61B 17/064 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0641 (2013.01); A61B 17/08 (2013.01); A61B 17/083 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1103 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1107 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1132 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1135 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1139 (2013.01); A61F 2002/077 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implantable medical device comprising:
a tubular structure comprising at least one elongate member forming a framework of interconnected struts, the tubular structure including:
a central portion defining a longitudinal axis and including a plurality of central portion cells defined by the at least one elongate member, wherein the central portion cells are open to longitudinally-adjacent central portion cells and are closed to circumferentially-adjacent central portion cells;
a first apposition portion at a first end of the central portion, the first apposition portion comprising a plurality of first flange cells defined by the at least one elongate member;
a second apposition portion at a second end of the central portion, the second apposition portion comprising a plurality of second flange cells defined by the at least one elongate member, wherein at least some of the second flange cells are closed at a first end by an undulating portion of the at least one elongate member and opened at a second end to the central portion; and
a covering material configured to be at least partially disposed on at least one of the central portion, the first apposition portion, and the second apposition portion.