Lloyd K Jenkins

US Patent:

20040199180, Oct 7, 2004

Filed:

Apr 2, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/405125

Inventors:

Bryan Knodel - Flagstaff AZ, US
Timothy Knodel - Flagstaff AZ, US
Joseph Hueil - Loveland OH, US
Lloyd Jenkins - West Chester OH, US

International Classification:

A61B017/10
A61B017/11
A61B017/115
A61B017/32

US Classification:

606/139000, 606/170000, 606/167000, 606/219000

Abstract:

A device having a cutting implement movable in a direction generally parallel to a tissue surface and creating a cut line that does not extend to the proximal end of tissue adjacent the device is disclosed. The device has a cutting implement that emerges from a tissue engaging surface and cuts tissue only between a proximal and distal ends of the adjoining staple lines. A method is further provided for anastomosing two lumens without extending the passageway between them to the openings made for the forks of the anastomosis device.

US Patent:

20040199181, Oct 7, 2004

Filed:

Apr 2, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/405684

Inventors:

Bryan Knodel - Flagstaff AZ, US
Timothy Knodel - Flagstaff AZ, US
Joseph Hueil - Loveland OH, US
Lloyd Jenkins - West Chester OH, US

International Classification:

A61B017/068
A61B017/10
A61B017/115

US Classification:

606/139000, 606/167000, 606/170000, 606/219000, 227/175100

Abstract:

A device having a cutting implement movable in a direction generally parallel to a tissue surface and creating a cut line that does not extend to the proximal end of tissue adjacent the device is disclosed. The device has a cutting implement that emerges from a tissue engaging surface and cuts tissue only between a proximal and distal ends of the adjoining staple lines. A method is further provided for anastomosing two lumens without extending the passageway between them to the openings made for the forks of the anastomosis device.