Patent ID: 8685046

Claim:
An apparatus for joining organ wall portions of first and second hollow organs, comprising: first and second connectors, wherein the first and second connectors are magnetically attracted to one another; and a device for delivering and deploying the first and second connectors to portions of the first and second hollow organs, the device including: a neck portion adapted to releasably house the second connector at a distal end of the neck portion; and a head portion including a proximal end, wherein the first connector is detachably affixed to the head portion, the head portion further including: a rod extending axially outward from the proximal end of the head portion and configured to be detachably mountable to a distal portion of the neck portion; and an annular knife having a cutting edge disposed at the proximal end of the head portion, wherein an outer diameter of the annular knife is less than a diameter of an inner diametrical surface of the second connector, wherein, after the rod is mounted to the distal portion of the neck portion and the organ wall portions of the first and second hollow organs are pulled into close approximation, as the head portion is retracted into the neck portion, the annular knife is pulled from a distal-most position to a proximal-most position to core tissue within the first and second hollow organs.