Patent ID: 8911458

Claim:
An anastomosis device, comprising: a) a support housing having an interior chamber and having a longitudinal axis, said support housing having a compliant flexible section, and a plurality of suture needles mounted on an outer surface of said compliant flexible section, said plurality of suture needles being aligned with, and around, said longitudinal axis; b) an introducer including a circular disc section rigidly affixed to said support housing adjacent to an end of said compliant flexible section, said circular disc section having a diameter selected to match an interior diameter of an anatomical tubular structure undergoing an anastomosis process; and c) a deformation mechanism mounted in said interior chamber and configured such that when said introducer is seated in said anatomical tubular structure and said deformation mechanism is activated said deformation mechanism including a cam head section bears outwardly away from said longitudinal axis against an interior surface of said compliant flexible section to drive said plurality of suture needles radially outwards away from said longitudinal axis forcing said plurality of suture needles to pierce through a wall of said anatomical tubular structure simultaneously around a circumference of said anatomical tubular structure.