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US 2007/0179335 A1Published application
Methods and devices for percutaneously modifying organs to treat patients
OwnerMichael Gertner, Neil Sheehan +1inventors
InventorsMichael Gertner, Neil Sheehan, Robert Brommer
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for implantation into the walls of an organ such as the stomach. Deformable or inflatable anchors with a connector between are used to pull the walls of the organ together, or to implant devices in the wall of the organ. Also disclosed are surgical instruments useful in practicing the disclosed methods.
Claims23
A method for treating a condition in a human subject comprising:
- passing a device through the skin of the human subject;
- implanting said device in said human subject near an anatomic structure in a tissue region adjacent to said anatomic structure;
- wherein said device comprises at least one anchor, and wherein said device modifies the volume of the anatomic structure.
A method for treating a condition in a human subject comprising:
- placing a first anchor at a first location on, in, or adjacent to an anatomic structure in said human subject;
- placing a second anchor at a second location adjacent to said anatomic structure;
- placing a connector between the first and second anchors, said connector length between said first and second anchors such that the volume of said anatomic structure is modified.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.