CHESTERFIELD, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NiTi™ Surgical Solutions, an innovative surgical device company, today announced that its ColonRing™, the first major advance in closure for gastrointestinal surgery in more than 30 years, has been used for the first time in a colorectal surgery in China. The ColonRing anastomosis device was launched in the United States in May 2008 and has been successfully applied in thousands of patients.