US 12,137,911 B1
Surgical device for controlled anchoring in the intestine
Charam Khosrovaninejad, Pernes les Fontaines (FR)
Filed by Charam Khosrovaninejad, Pernes les Fontaines (FR)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/770,634.
Application 17/071,034 is a division of application No. 15/959,553, filed on Apr. 23, 2018, granted, now 10,835,248, issued on Nov. 17, 2020.
Application 15/959,553 is a division of application No. 14/234,834, granted, now 9,980,727, issued on May 29, 2018, previously published as PCT/FR2012/051576, filed on Jul. 5, 2012.
Application 18/770,634 is a continuation of application No. 18/333,101, filed on Jun. 12, 2023, granted, now 12,042,148.
Application 18/333,101 is a continuation of application No. 18/312,335, filed on May 4, 2023, granted, now 12,048,433.
Application 18/312,335 is a continuation of application No. 17/071,034, filed on Oct. 15, 2020, granted, now 11,857,191, issued on Jan. 2, 2024.
Claims priority of application No. 1156771 (FR), filed on Jul. 25, 2011.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61F 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/11 (2006.01); A61B 17/30 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01)
CPC A61B 17/08 (2013.01) [A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61F 5/0013 (2013.01); A61F 5/0076 (2013.01); A61F 5/0089 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00818 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00862 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00995 (2013.01); A61B 17/1114 (2013.01); A61B 2017/308 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0815 (2016.02); A61F 2002/044 (2013.01); A61F 2002/045 (2013.01); A61F 2/064 (2013.01); A61F 2002/075 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9528 (2013.01); F04C 2270/041 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
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1. An anchoring system for protecting an anastomosis in an intestine during healing, the anchoring system comprising:
an anchor comprising an outer surface, the anchor configured to be disposed in the intestine upstream of the anastomosis in the intestine, wherein the anchor is configured to define a suction chamber;
a tube in fluid connection with the outer surface of the anchor; and
a sheath in connection with the anchor, the sheath defining a lumen, the sheath having an upstream end positioned upstream of a downstream end of the anchor, wherein the sheath extends downstream from the downstream end of the anchor to cover and protect the anastomosis in the intestine from fecal matter flowing through the anchor and through the lumen of the sheath,
wherein the tube is configured to extend between the suction chamber and an external suction appliance such that negative pressure applied by the external suction appliance to the tube sucks fluid from the suction chamber and through the tube to cause the outer surface of the anchor to be sucked against the inner wall of the intestine to form a leaktight sealed configuration of the anchor between (i) the outer surface of the anchor, and (ii) an inner wall of the intestine upstream from the anastomosis, to inhibit migration of the anchor from the intestine.