Anchors for use in attachment of bladder tissues to pelvic floor tissues following a prostatectomy

a technology of pelvic floor tissues and analogues, which is applied in the field of analogues, can solve the problems of difficult to accurately place the suture thread through the wall of the urethra, difficult to provide this connection, and certain problems in recovery

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-11-10
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC
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Providing this connection is particularly difficult due to the limited working space and the small size of the urethra.
The size of the urethra makes it difficult to accurately place the suture thread through the wall of the urethra.
It has been found that the use of sutures for this purpose has caused certain problems in recovery.
These problems include necrosis of the sutured tissues, stricture of the urethra that impedes the flow of fluid through it, and a urethra-bladder connection that is not fluid-tight.
In addition, when suturing the urethra to the bladder the surgeon can possibly inadvertently pierce the nearby neurovascular bundle, which can cause incontinence or impotence.
The suturing process itself has also been found to be cumbersome, requiring the surgeon to grasp and stretch the bladder and urethra together before making the fine sutures.
Sutures may also tear the urethra, resulting in further complications.
While some of these structures are large, and more easily manipulated by the surgeon, tissue structures defining other body lumens are smaller and more difficult to manipulate and hold in position while joining ends thereof after, for example, a transactional operation.

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[0186]FIGS. 3-16 show an embodiment of an instrument 10 which may be used to perform an anastomosis procedure, for example, a procedure to effect anastomosis of a patient's bladder and urethra following a prostatectomy.

[0187] As shown configured for use in a retrograde manner in FIG. 3, one embodiment of the anastomotic applier instrument 10 in accordance with the invention may comprise an elongated tube assembly 500, a driver assembly 300 secured onto the distal end of the tube assembly 500, an optional positioner assembly 400 which may be used to bring the bladder wall and the pelvic floor tissues into close proximity or contact, and an actuator handle 100 for effecting opening of the positioner and driver assemblies and the driving and seating of anchors. In general, the instrument may be used for performing a vesico-urethral anastomosis after the prostate has been removed in a radical retropubic prostatectomy (see FIGS. 1 and 2). This connection is...

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[0362]FIG. 95 is a perspective view of another embodiment of an anastomotic instrument 2100 of the present invention, in its pre-deployment position, and FIG. 96 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the distal end of the instrument, also shown in its pre-deployment position. The instrument may comprise anchor driver assembly 2101, which may include outer driver assembly tube 2102, having distal end 2104, second anchor track collar 2105, anchor driver tube 2109 which distally terminates with anchor driver pins 2108, and inner driver assembly tube 2110 which distally terminates with first anchor track collar 2112. The present embodiment may further comprise positioner tube 2121, positioner 2122 affixed to the distal end of positioner tube 2121, rod 2124 and rod cap 2125. When the instrument is assembled and prepared for use, anchor driver assembly 2101 may be loaded with one or more anchor pairs, each pair comprising first anchor 700 with an attached l...

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Embodiments for an anchor for use in effecting the anastomosis of a patient's bladder and urethra following a prostatectomy are disclosed. The anchor may comprise a shaft with a lodging structure. Alternative embodiments may include a penetration limiting structure, a driver interface proximate to a rearward end, a forward end with a penetration facilitating shape that may comprise a point defined by three flat intersecting faces, a bioabsorbable portion of one or more bioabsorbable materials, and a metal portion of one alloy, or a plurality of alloys which may have differing expansion properties.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of the filing date(s) of one or more of U.S. provisional applications: METHODS AND DEVICE FOR ANASTOMOSIS, Ser. No. 60 / 569,195, filed May 7, 2004; METHODS AND DEVICE FOR ANASTOMOSIS, Ser. No. 60 / 582,302, filed Jun. 23, 2004, and METHOD AND INSTRUMENT FOR EFFECTING ANASTOMOSIS OF RESPECTIVE TISSUES DEFINING TWO BODY LUMENS, Ser. No. 60 / 639,836, filed Dec. 28, 2004. [0002] This application relates to and incorporates by reference in their entirety, for any and all purposes, the following non-provisional applications, filed substantially contemporaneously herewith and having one or more inventors in common with the instant application: [0003] INSTRUMENT FOR EFFECTING ANASTOMOSIS OF RESPECTIVE TISSUES DEFINING TWO BODY LUMENS, Ser. No. (to be issued), filed Mar. 30, 2005; [0004] METHOD AND INSTRUMENT FOR EFFECTING ANASTOMOSIS OF RESPECTIVE TISSUES DEFINING TWO BODY LUMENS, Ser. No. (to be issued), filed Mar. 30, 2005; [0005...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61B17/00A61B17/04A61B17/06A61B17/064A61B17/068A61B17/08A61B17/11A61B17/115A61B17/22A61B17/28
CPCA61B17/0401A61B2017/2923A61B17/064A61B17/0644A61B17/068A61B17/11A61B17/115A61B17/1155A61B2017/00004A61B2017/0412A61B2017/0417A61B2017/0419A61B2017/0427A61B2017/06176A61B2017/0647A61B2017/1103A61B2017/1135A61B2017/1139A61B2017/22069A61B2017/2905A61B17/0482
Inventor WEISENBURGH, WILLIAM B. IIGILL, ROBERT P.HESS, CHRISTOPHER J.VOEGELE, JAMES W.ISSA, MUTA M.
Owner ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC
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