ANASTOMOSIS INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING SAME

摘要

A tissue retaining ring for use with a plurality of surgical fasteners
mounted within a disposable loading unit utilized during a vascular
anastomosis, the tissue ring comprising: a generally circular, semi-pliable
material having a series of alternating loops and arcuate portions, each of
the
loops defining an aperture therein which is dimensioned to receive a distal
end
of one of the plurality of surgical fasteners.