Patent ID: 7789890

Claim:
An instrument for use in a procedure to effect anastomosis of a patient's bladder and urethra following a prostatectomy, comprising: a tube assembly, comprising a spine member, a first rod, and a second rod, wherein said rods are movable with respect each other and to said spine member and an end effector assembly operably supported by said tube assembly, further comprising: a positioner assembly in operable mechanical communication with said first rod so as to be actuable by movement of said first rod with respect to said spine member, an anchor driver assembly in operable mechanical communication with said second rod so as to be actuable by movement of said second rod with respect to said spine member, an anchor releasably held by said anchor driver assembly for insertion from within the bladder lumen through the bladder wall into the pelvic floor, and a harness releasably held by said end effector assembly, wherein said harness comprises an anchor engagement portion, wherein the anchor is disposed through the anchor engagement portion of the harness to anchor the harness to tissue, wherein the harness is adapted to retain a balloon portion of a balloon catheter assembly when the harness is anchored to tissue by the anchor disposed through the anchor engagement portion of the harness.