Device and Method for Endoluminal Therapy
OwnerBrian Kelleher, Corbett Stoneinventors
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Abstract
A device and method for selectively engaging or penetrating a layer of a luminal organ wall where the luminal organ wall has a plurality of layers including an outermost layer and an innermost layer adjacent to the lumen of the organ. The device and method select one of the plurality of layers of the organ wall other than the innermost layer and deploy from within the lumen of the organ a tissue device through the innermost layer to a specific depth to engage or penetrate the selected one of the plurality of layers. The device and method may be employed to create luminal pouches or restrictive outlets. In a stomach organ, the device and methods may be employed to treat obesity by forming a gastric pouch with or without a restrictive outlet.
Claims15
A method of reducing the flow of material or fluid through a segment of a stomach cavity, comprising:
- trans-orally forming a gastric pouch within the stomach cavity segment, at least a portion of the pouch positioned adjacent and along a section of the Lesser Curvature of the stomach so material or fluid entering the stomach cavity segment is passed through the pouch;
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- after forming the pouch, trans-orally forming a restriction one of within and adjacent to the pouch to reduce the flow of material or fluid through the stomach cavity segment.
The method of reducing the flow of material or fluid through a segment of a stomach cavity 1, wherein the reduction of the flow of material or fluid through the stomach cavity segment provides treatment for one of obesity and gastroesophageal reflux disease.
The method of reducing the flow of material or fluid through a segment of a stomach cavity 1, wherein the reduction of the flow of material or fluid through the stomach cavity segment temporally extends a feeling of fullness within the stomach cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.