Patent ID: 8764776

Claim:
A method for creating an anastomosis between a first tubular structure having a first end and a second tubular structure having a second end, the method comprising: (a) receiving a suture system including a suture having a first suture section having a first pointed end and a second suture section having a second pointed end, a first plurality of barbs projecting from the first suture section, the first plurality of barbs being adapted to permit movement of the first suture section through tissue in the direction of the first pointed end and resist movement in an opposite direction, and a second plurality of barbs projecting from the second suture section, the second plurality of barbs being adapted to permit movement of the second suture section through tissue in the direction of the second pointed end and resist movement in an opposite direction; (b) deploying the first suture section along a path within at least the first tubular structure adjacent the first end; and (c) securing the second suture section to at least tissue of the second tubular structure adjacent the second end by deploying the second suture section along a path through at least tissue of the second tubular structure adjacent the second end; and (d) approximating and joining the first end and second end to create an anastomosis between the first tubular structure and the second tubular structure without forming a loop with the suture (d1) inserting the first pointed end in tissue of the first tubular structure adjacent the first end; (d2) pushing the first pointed end along a curvilinear path through tissue of the first tubular structure adjacent the first end until it projects out of the tissue of the first tubular structure; and (d3) pulling the first pointed end out of the tissue of the first tubular structure and drawing the first suture section through the curvilinear path but leaving a part of the first suture section within the first curvilinear path.