Surgery – Instruments – Surgical mesh – connector – clip – clamp or band
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-21
2006-03-21
Jackson, Gary (Department: 3731)
Surgery
Instruments
Surgical mesh, connector, clip, clamp or band
Reexamination Certificate
active
07014644
ABSTRACT:
A method and system for performing anastomosis uses an anvil to control and support a tissue site during an anastomosis procedure involving tissue bonding techniques such as tissue welding and adhesive tissue bonding. The anvil is particularly useful for supporting a wall of a coronary artery during attachment of a graft vessel in a coronary artery bypass graft procedure. The anvil is inserted into a pressurized or unpressurized target vessel and is pulled against an inner wall of the target vessel causing tenting of the thin tissue of the vessel wall. A graft vessel is then advanced to the anastomosis site and an end of the graft vessel is positioned adjacent an exterior of the target vessel. When tissue welding is used, a graft vessel fixture is positioned over the tissue surfaces to be welded in order to clamp the graft and target vessel tissue together. The tissue contacting surfaces of the anvil and/or graft vessel fixture are provided with one or more energy applying surfaces. Energy in the form of RF power, laser energy or ultrasonic energy is then applied to the compressed graft and target vessel tissue to weld the vessels together. When adhesive bonding is used, the adhesive may be applied to mating surfaces of the graft and/or target vessels either before or after the vessels are brought into contact. After tissue bonding is complete, an incision is formed in the wall of the target vessel to allow blood flow between the target vessel and the graft vessel. The incision may be made with an electro-cautery cutting device.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3254650 (1966-06-01), Collito
patent: 3254651 (1966-06-01), Collito
patent: 3519187 (1970-07-01), Kapitanov et al.
patent: 3774615 (1973-11-01), Lim et al.
patent: 4214587 (1980-07-01), Sakura, Jr.
patent: 4350160 (1982-09-01), Kolesov et al.
patent: 4352358 (1982-10-01), Angelchik
patent: 4366819 (1983-01-01), Kaster
patent: 4368736 (1983-01-01), Kaster
patent: 4503568 (1985-03-01), Madras
patent: 4523592 (1985-06-01), Daniel
patent: 4553542 (1985-11-01), Schenck et al.
patent: 4593693 (1986-06-01), Schenck
patent: 4603693 (1986-08-01), Conta et al.
patent: 4605001 (1986-08-01), Rothfuss et al.
patent: 4607637 (1986-08-01), Berggren et al.
patent: 4617928 (1986-10-01), Alfranca
patent: 4624255 (1986-11-01), Schenck et al.
patent: 4624257 (1986-11-01), Berggren et al.
patent: 4657019 (1987-04-01), Walsh et al.
patent: 4665906 (1987-05-01), Jervis
patent: 4747407 (1988-05-01), Liu et al.
patent: 4752024 (1988-06-01), Green et al.
patent: 4773420 (1988-09-01), Green
patent: 4892098 (1990-01-01), Sauer
patent: 4907591 (1990-03-01), Vasconcellos et al.
patent: 4917087 (1990-04-01), Walsh et al.
patent: 4917090 (1990-04-01), Berggren et al.
patent: 4917091 (1990-04-01), Berggren et al.
patent: 4930674 (1990-06-01), Barak
patent: 5005749 (1991-04-01), Aranyi
patent: 5062842 (1991-11-01), Tiffany
patent: 5104025 (1992-04-01), Main et al.
patent: 5119983 (1992-06-01), Green et al.
patent: 5156310 (1992-10-01), Biedenharn
patent: 5156613 (1992-10-01), Sawyer
patent: 5156619 (1992-10-01), Ehrenfeld
patent: 5172845 (1992-12-01), Tejeiro
patent: 5178634 (1993-01-01), Martinez
patent: 5193731 (1993-03-01), Aranyi
patent: 5205459 (1993-04-01), Brinkerhoff et al.
patent: 5211683 (1993-05-01), Maginot
patent: 5234447 (1993-08-01), Kaster et al.
patent: 5250058 (1993-10-01), Miller et al.
patent: 5271544 (1993-12-01), Fox et al.
patent: 5275322 (1994-01-01), Brinkerhoff et al.
patent: 5285945 (1994-02-01), Brinkerhoff et al.
patent: 5292053 (1994-03-01), Bilotti et al.
patent: 5300065 (1994-04-01), Anderson
patent: 5304220 (1994-04-01), Maginot
patent: 5314435 (1994-05-01), Green et al.
patent: 5314468 (1994-05-01), Martinez
patent: 5333773 (1994-08-01), Main et al.
patent: 5336233 (1994-08-01), Chen
patent: 5350104 (1994-09-01), Main et al.
patent: 5364389 (1994-11-01), Anderson
patent: 5366462 (1994-11-01), Kaster et al.
patent: 5392979 (1995-02-01), Green et al.
patent: 5395030 (1995-03-01), Kuramoto et al.
patent: 5417361 (1995-05-01), Williamson, IV
patent: 5443497 (1995-08-01), Venbrux
patent: 5447514 (1995-09-01), Gerry et al.
patent: 5452836 (1995-09-01), Huitema et al.
patent: 5454825 (1995-10-01), Van Leeuwen
patent: 5456712 (1995-10-01), Maginot
patent: 5456714 (1995-10-01), Owen
patent: 5464449 (1995-11-01), Ryan et al.
patent: 5465895 (1995-11-01), Knodel et al.
patent: 5465896 (1995-11-01), Allen et al.
patent: 5478354 (1995-12-01), Tovey et al.
patent: 5489058 (1996-02-01), Plyley et al.
patent: 5522834 (1996-06-01), Fonger et al.
patent: 5533661 (1996-07-01), Main et al.
patent: 5535935 (1996-07-01), Vidal et al.
patent: 5540677 (1996-07-01), Sinofsky
patent: 5558667 (1996-09-01), Yarborough et al.
patent: 5562241 (1996-10-01), Knodel et al.
patent: 5571167 (1996-11-01), Maginot
patent: 5580067 (1996-12-01), Hamblin et al.
patent: 5586711 (1996-12-01), Plyley et al.
patent: 5609285 (1997-03-01), Grant et al.
patent: 5611794 (1997-03-01), Sauer
patent: 5632432 (1997-05-01), Schulze et al.
patent: 5632433 (1997-05-01), Grant et al.
patent: 5643340 (1997-07-01), Nunokawa
patent: 5653373 (1997-08-01), Green et al.
patent: 5655698 (1997-08-01), Yoon
patent: 5662258 (1997-09-01), Knodel
patent: 5669544 (1997-09-01), Schulze et al.
patent: 5669918 (1997-09-01), Balazs et al.
patent: 5669934 (1997-09-01), Sawyer
patent: 5676670 (1997-10-01), Kim
patent: 5693088 (1997-12-01), Lazarus
patent: 5695504 (1997-12-01), Gifford, III et al.
patent: 5702412 (1997-12-01), Popov et al.
patent: 5707362 (1998-01-01), Yoon
patent: 5707369 (1998-01-01), Vaitekunas et al.
patent: 5707380 (1998-01-01), Hinchliffe et al.
patent: 5709693 (1998-01-01), Taylor
patent: 5725544 (1998-03-01), Rygaard
patent: 5749895 (1998-05-01), Sawyer et al.
patent: 5776130 (1998-07-01), Buysse et al.
patent: 5797920 (1998-08-01), Kim
patent: 5799857 (1998-09-01), Robertson et al.
patent: 5816471 (1998-10-01), Plyley et al.
patent: 5817113 (1998-10-01), Gifford, III et al.
patent: 5824015 (1998-10-01), Sawyer
patent: 5827265 (1998-10-01), Glinsky et al.
patent: 5827271 (1998-10-01), Buysse et al.
patent: 5833698 (1998-11-01), Hinchcliffe et al.
patent: 5865730 (1999-02-01), Fox et al.
patent: 5878938 (1999-03-01), Bittner et al.
patent: 5879371 (1999-03-01), Gardiner et al.
patent: 5904697 (1999-05-01), Gifford, III et al.
patent: 5915616 (1999-06-01), Viola et al.
patent: 5921995 (1999-07-01), Kleshinski
patent: 5944730 (1999-08-01), Nobles et al.
patent: 5976159 (1999-11-01), Bolduc
patent: 5993464 (1999-11-01), Knodel
patent: 6004335 (1999-12-01), Vaitekunas et al.
patent: 6015416 (2000-01-01), Stefanchik
patent: 6024748 (2000-02-01), Manzo et al.
patent: 6036700 (2000-03-01), Stefanchik
patent: 6039733 (2000-03-01), Buysse
patent: 6050472 (2000-04-01), Shibata
patent: 6053390 (2000-04-01), Green et al.
patent: 6066144 (2000-05-01), Wolf et al.
patent: 6066148 (2000-05-01), Rygaard
patent: 6071289 (2000-06-01), Stefanchik et al.
patent: 6083234 (2000-07-01), Nicholas et al.
patent: 6110187 (2000-08-01), Donlon
patent: 6117148 (2000-09-01), Ravo et al.
patent: 6176413 (2001-01-01), Heck et al.
patent: 6183486 (2001-02-01), Snow et al.
patent: 6187019 (2001-02-01), Stefanchik et al.
patent: 6193129 (2001-02-01), Bittner et al.
patent: 6193734 (2001-02-01), Bolduc et al.
patent: 6209773 (2001-04-01), Bolduc
patent: 6248117 (2001-06-01), Blatter
patent: 6436097 (2002-08-01), Nardella
patent: 6514263 (2003-02-01), Stefanchik
patent: 6520973 (2003-02-01), McGarry
patent: 6530932 (2003-03-01), Swayze
patent: 19732234 (1997-07-01), None
patent: 1354559 (1995-05-01), None
patent: 0 885 595 (1998-12-01), None
patent: 0938870 (1999-09-01), None
patent: 0 820 724 (2000-03-01), None
patent: 0 820 725 (2000-03-01), None
patent: 0 990 420 (2000-12-01), None
patent: 2316910 (1977-04-01), None
patent: WO9819625 (1998-05-01), None
patent: WO9911178 (1999-03-01), None
patent: 9921491 (1999-06-01), None
patent: 00/12013 (2000-03-01), None
patent: 00/59380 (2000-10-01), None
Atlas Of Surgical Stapling 1999 Ethicon Endo-Surgery.
Bender Theodore
Bombard David
Chang Tenny
Donohoe Brendan
Hausen Bernard A.
Cardica, Inc.
Jackson Gary
Schar Brian A.
LandOfFree
Tissue bonding system and method for controlling a tissue... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Tissue bonding system and method for controlling a tissue..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Tissue bonding system and method for controlling a tissue... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3578688