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- Patent Title: Methods, instruments and devices for extragastric reduction of stomach volume
- Patent Title (中): 方法，胃内容积减少的器械和器械
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Application No.: US13439059Application Date: 2012-04-04
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Publication No.: US08382775B1Publication Date: 2013-02-26
- Inventor: Theodore M. Bender , Joshua Makower , Brian K. Shiu , Pablo G. Acosta , Robert M. George , Lisa Serventi , Ed Orbeta , Scott Early , Earl A. Bright, II , Timothy A. Limon
- Applicant: Theodore M. Bender , Joshua Makower , Brian K. Shiu , Pablo G. Acosta , Robert M. George , Lisa Serventi , Ed Orbeta , Scott Early , Earl A. Bright, II , Timothy A. Limon
- Applicant Address: US CA Redwood City
- Assignee: Vibrynt, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Vibrynt, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Redwood City
- Agency: Law Office of Alan W. Cannon
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04
Abstract:
Methods, instruments and systems are provided for separating opposite walls of the stomach by extragastric application of suction. Plication of the stomach can be performed between the separated walls after which the separate walls are brought back toward one another. In another aspect, methods, instruments, devices and systems are provided for reducing the effective volume of a stomach by performing one or more extragastric plications of the stomach.
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