US 12,453,558 B2
Laparoscopic anastomosis devices and methods of use thereof
Tushar Sharma, Manvel, TX (US); Frida Montoya, Pearland, TX (US); and Nicolo Garbin, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Vivifi Medical, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Vivifi Medical, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 26, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/064,641.
Application 19/064,641 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2023/074915, filed on Sep. 22, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/409,115, filed on Sep. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0213252 A1, Jul. 3, 2025
Int. Cl. A61B 17/115 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/115 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/1157 (2013.01)] 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
an elongate body; and
an end effector coupled to a distal end of the elongate body, the end effector including:
a first end effector element defining a first receptacle configured to hold a first coupler element of a coupler,
a first articulating member coupling a proximal end of the first end effector element to the elongate body,
a second end effector element defining a second receptacle configured to hold a second coupler element of the coupler,
a second articulating member coupling a proximal end of the second end effector element to the elongate body, and
wherein the end effector is configured to move between: (i) a first configuration in which the first and second articulating members dispose the first and second end effector elements to allow a first axial end of a first vessel to be received into the first coupler element; (ii) a second configuration different from the first configuration in which the first and second articulating members dispose the first and second end effector to allow a second axial end of a second vessel to be received into the second coupler element; and (iii) a third configuration in which the first and second articulating members dispose at least a portion of the first end effector element proximate to a corresponding portion of the second end effector element such that the first coupler element is coupled to the second coupler elements to couple the first vessel to the second vessel.