Gastric bypass system and method
AssigneeRex Medical, L.P.
InventorJames F. McGuckin, Jr.
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Abstract
A system and method for treating obesity including a first instrument containing a first magnet therein, the first instrument insertable into a stomach of a patient and the first magnet deployable into the stomach of the patient and having a first space. A second instrument contains a second magnet therein, the second instrument insertable into a bowel of a patient and the second magnet deployable into the bowel of the patient and having a second space. A stent is insertable into the first and second spaces to maintain an opening formed between the stomach and bowel.
Claims17
A method for treating obesity comprising the steps of:
- inserting first and second endoscopes, the first endoscope inserted into a stomach of the patient and the second endoscope inserted into a bowel of a patient;
- inserting an approximating device and approximating the stomach and bowel;
- deploying a first magnet in the stomach and a second magnet in the bowel, the first magnet having a curved configuration defining a first space and the second magnet having a curved configuration defining a second space;
- inserting a cutting tool through the first and second spaces to penetrate a wall of the stomach and a wall of the bowel to create an opening between the stomach and bowel,
- after placement of the first and second magnets, inserting a stent delivery sheath through the first and second spaces of the first and second magnets;
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- after insertion of the stent delivery sheath, deploying a stent from the stent delivery sheath to enable expansion of the stent within the first and second spaces of the first and second magnets and placement in the opening between the stomach and bowel;
- wherein the steps of inserting the approximating device, deploying the first and second magnets, inserting the cutting tool and inserting the stent delivery sheath are all performed through lumens in respective endoscopes without removing the endoscopes from the body between performance of the steps.
A system for treating obesity comprising:
- a first instrument containing a first magnet therein, the first instrument insertable into a stomach of a patient and the first magnet deployable into the stomach of the patient, the first magnet having a first space;
- a second instrument containing a second magnet therein, the second instrument insertable into a bowel of the patient and the second magnet deployable into the bowel of the patient, the second magnet having a second space;
- a tissue approximating device insertable through the first instrument;
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- a stent delivery sheath positioned in the first instrument, the stent delivery sheath containing a stent therein, the stent delivery sheath insertable into the first and second spaces of the first and second magnets after deployment of the first and second magnets and the stent insertable into the first and second spaces of the first and second magnets to maintain an opening formed between the stomach and bowel, the first magnet, the tissue approximating device, the stent delivery sheath and the stent inserted through the first instrument without removing the first instrument from the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.