US 12,478,377 B2
Systems and methods for introducing a device for protecting an anastomosis
Charam Khosrovaninejad, Pernes les Fontaines (FR); Anne Osdoit, Paris (FR); and Cécile Dupont, Paris (FR)
Assigned to SafeHeal SAS, Paris (FR)
Filed by SafeHeal SAS, Paris (FR)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/770,637.
Application 18/770,637 is a continuation of application No. 18/410,991, filed on Jan. 11, 2024, granted, now 12,042,150, issued on Jul. 23, 2024.
Application 18/410,991 is a continuation of application No. 18/173,709, filed on Feb. 23, 2023, granted, now 11,871,929, issued on Jan. 16, 2024.
Application 18/173,709 is a continuation of application No. 16/647,152, granted, now 11,589,869, issued on Feb. 28, 2023, previously published as PCT/FR2018/052388, filed on Sep. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1759847 (FR), filed on Oct. 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0390006 A1, Nov. 28, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/11 (2006.01); A61B 17/115 (2006.01); A61F 2/966 (2013.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01)
CPC A61B 17/1114 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1155 (2013.01); A61F 2/966 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1132 (2013.01); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01); A61F 2002/045 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for introducing an implantable device into an intestine to protect an anastomosis site, the method comprising:
introducing an end of a first guide tube of an introducer device through an anal orifice into the intestine to a position upstream of the anastomosis site, the first guide tube having the implantable device disposed therein in a radially compressed state for delivery, the introducer device comprising a second guide tube positioned downstream from the first guide tube and a stop between the first guide tube and the second guide tube, the stop having a diameter larger than that of the first guide tube and the second guide tube; and
using a handle of the introducer device to reduce a distance between the first guide tube and the handle to release the implantable device out the end of the first guide tube at the position upstream of the anastomosis site such that the implantable device transitions from the radially compressed state to an expanded state within the intestine for implanting the implantable device for protecting the anastomosis site.