Treatment of GERD
OwnerPeter Forsellinventor
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to treatment of reflux disease of a human patient. More particularly, a device is disclosed, which is configured to be implanted in the body of the human to restrict movement of the cardia of the patient's stomach towards the diaphragm opening into the patient's thorax, and/or to prevent stomach contents from passing from the stomach into the esophagus.
Claims26
A method for treating reflux disease of a human patient by implanting a movement restriction device such that the movement restriction device is arranged to restrict movement of the cardia of the patient's stomach towards the diaphragm to hinder the cardia from sliding through the diaphragm opening into the patient's thorax, wherein the method comprises:
- placing the movement restriction device such that a lower portion of the movement restriction device rests against the serosa at the angle of His, and such that an upper portion of the movement restriction device defines a gap between the movement restriction device and the patient's esophagus, when the lower portion rests against the angle of His;
- arranging a portion of the fundus of the stomach in the gap;
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- attaching the fundus to the patient's esophagus to at least partly enclose the movement restriction device by the portion of the fundus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.