ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,076, issued on April 7, was assigned to Buck Surgical Inc. (St. Louis).
"Side-to-end anastomotic coupler" was invented by Donald W. Buck (St. Louis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anastomotic coupler is provided. A ring is aligned with a cartridge in that at least a portion of the cartridge is disposed within a lumen of the first tubular structure and the ring is positioned external of the first tubular structure. The cartridge is operable to engage with the ring to secure the ring and the cartridge with the first tubular structure and allow a lumen of a second tubular structure to be in fluid communication with the lumen of the fi...