Patent ID: 8419755

Claim:
A side-to-side anastomosis device for coupling adjacent regions of digestive tract, the anastomosis device, comprising: a distal segment and a proximal segment, the distal and the proximal segments each being adapted to align in apposition with each other while maintaining the regions of digestive tract therebetween; and a deployment device comprising an elongate tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end with a lumen defined therebetween, the distal end being specially adapted to retain the proximal segment for alignment in apposition with the distal segment; wherein the distal segment is separate from the deployment device and is configured to be selectively coupled to and removed from the deployment device; wherein the distal segment includes a coring anvil extending proximally therefrom, the coring anvil being configured to extend into a cavity formed in a distal portion of the proximal segment.