Patent ID: 6206912
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
Apparatus for making a new tubular connection between first and second sections of a patient's existing tubular body organ structure comprising:first elongated instrumentation insertable axially into and along the interior of a portion of said existing structure to said first section where said first instrumentation produces an aperture through a first section to the outside of said patient's existing structure; andsecond elongated instrumentation insertable axially into and along the interior of a part of said existing structure for conveying said new length of tubing to and partly through said aperture in said first section and then outside of said existing structure to an aperture in said second section so that said new length of tubing attaches to said second section via said aperture in said second section and also attaches to said first section via said aperture in said first section, wherein said second elongated instrumentation is a catheter-type member.