US 11,986,383 B1
Delivery systems for inserting devices into body lumens
Scott T. Kelley, Tampa, FL (US); and Jill Kelley, Tampa, FL (US)
Assigned to SAFEGUARD SURGICAL, INC., Tampa, FL (US)
Filed by Scott T. Kelley, Tampa, FL (US); and Jill Kelley, Tampa, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/232,902.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/523,129, filed on Jun. 26, 2023.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/04 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/04 (2013.01) [A61F 2002/045 (2013.01); A61F 2220/005 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method to prevent leakage of an intestine and/or provide support to an intestine, the method comprising:
a. advancing an anastomotic instrument comprised of a stapling device deploying at least one annular array of staples through a first intestine portion and a second intestine portion, the anastomotic instrument carrying a tubular straw like device on an outer wall of a shaft of the instrument, the tubular device formed as one piece and having a first end opening, a second end opening and a lumen extending through an entire length of the device;
b. actuating the instrument to attach the first intestine portion to the second intestine portion to form an anastomotic site;
c. after step b, advancing the tubular device distally over the shaft of the instrument into a lumen of the first intestine portion and the second intestine portion;
and d. securing the device to the first intestine portion such that an outer wall of the device extends across the anastomotic site.