Patent ID: 7115136

Claim:
A method of deploying an anastomosis device, comprising mounting a woven tube of wire having a first end and a second end inside a protective sleeve, inserting the device into a body cavity through a trochar or tube to a predetermined puncture site of a first segment either proximal or distal to a desired anastomotic site, advancing the device intraluminally to the anastomotic site either manually or with the aid of a guide wire, bringing a second tissue segment into close apposition to the first segment at the anastomotic site, piercing a wall of the first segment and a wall of the second segment and into a lumen of the second segment, deploying the tube from the protective sleeve at a juncture of apposing puncture holes created by the device, and forming a petal configuration wherein the first end and the second end of the tube form interdigitated petals at the anastomotic site to hold the two segments in apposition.