US 11,832,820 B2
Devices and methods for assisting magnetic compression anastomosis
Michel Gagner, Montréal (CA); Todd A. Krinke, Buffalo, MN (US); and Thierry Thaure, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to GT METABOLIC SOLUTIONS, INC., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by GT METABOLIC SOLUTIONS, INC., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/075,984.
Application 18/075,984 is a continuation of application No. 17/524,502, filed on Nov. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,534,171.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/127,747, filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0094285 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/11 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1114 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A positioning wand for assisting in positioning at least one of a first magnetic implant and a second magnetic implant configured for forming an anastomosis between two adjacent walls of a digestive tract of a patient, the positioning wand comprising:
an elongated member sized and configured to have at least a portion thereof to be inserted into an abdominal cavity of the patient; and
a distal tip engaged with a distal end of the elongated member and comprising a plurality of individual magnetic segments connected in series in an end-to-end fashion, the plurality of individual magnetic segments being configured to magnetically couple with the at least one of the first and second magnetic implants through a wall of the digestive tract to translate the at least one of the first and second magnetic implants along an inner surface of the wall of the digestive tract to a desired site of the anastomosis, the plurality of individual magnetic segments being configured for placement against an outer surface of the wall of the digestive tract to be moveable in response to a contact pressure upon contact with the outer surface of the wall of the digestive tract.