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US 2006/0190018 A1Published application
Transoral endoscopic gastroesophageal flap valve restoration device having a guided tissue gripper
AssigneeEsophyX, Inc.
InventorsSteve Baker, Brett Carter, Clifton Alferness
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Abstract
A transoral gastroesophageal flap valve restoration device includes a tissue gripper which is guidable by one of a first and second member. The first and second members form a tissue shaper carried on a longitudinal member that shapes stomach tissue into the flap of a restored gastroesophageal flap valve.
Claims32
A transoral gastroesophageal flap valve restoration device comprising:
- a longitudinal member that is arranged for transoral placement into a stomach;
- a tissue shaper carried on the longitudinal member for placement in the stomach, the tissue shaper comprising a pair of hingedly coupled first and second members that receive the stomach tissue there between and shapes the stomach tissue while the tissue is between the first and second members;
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- a tissue gripper assembly including a gripper that grips and pulls the stomach tissue in between the first and second members, the gripper being guidable by one of the first and second members into engagement with the tissue.
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A transoral gastroesophageal flap valve restoration device comprising:
- a longitudinal member that is arranged for transoral placement into a stomach;
- a tissue shaper carried on the longitudinal member for placement in the stomach, the tissue shaper comprising a chassis and a bail, the chassis and bail being hingedly coupled together to receive the stomach tissue there between and to shape the stomach tissue while the tissue is between the chassis and the bail;
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- a tissue gripper assembly including a gripper that grips and pulls the stomach tissue in between the chassis and the bail,
- the bail including a guide structure that guides the gripper into engagement with the tissue.
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A transoral gastroesophageal flap valve restoration device comprising:
- a longitudinal member that is arranged for transoral placement into a stomach;
- a tissue shaper carried on the longitudinal member for placement in the stomach, the tissue shaper comprising a chassis and a bail, the bail hingedly coupled to the chassis to receive the stomach tissue there between and to shape the stomach tissue;
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- a tissue gripper assembly including a cable and a gripper that grips and pulls the stomach tissue in between the chassis and the bail,
- the bail including a guide structure that acts upon the cable to guide the gripper into engagement with the stomach tissue and that disassociates from the cable after the gripper engages the tissue.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.