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US 2011/0213385 A1Published application
Delivery systems and methods for gastric reduction
AssigneeUSGI Medical, Inc.
InventorsRichard C. EWERS, Vahid SAADAT, Eugene CHEN
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Abstract
A delivery catheter for a gastric reduction system includes an elongate torqueable tube, a needle translatably disposed within the torqueable tube, an anchor translatably disposed within the needle and a stabilization device for holding a distal tip of the torqueable tube against a tissue wall.
Claims17
A delivery catheter comprising:
- an elongate torqueable tube having a back end and a front end;
- a needle translatably disposed within the tube, with the needle having a penetrating tip;
- at least one anchor translatably disposed within the needle, and moveable out of the penetrating tip of the needle;
- and
- a coil on a front end of a shaft that is translatably disposed within a lumen in said tube, said coil being extendible out of the front end of the tube.
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A catheter comprising:
- a tube having a front end and a back end;
- a needle within the tube and having a tip extendible out of the front end of the tube;
- at least one anchor positioned within the needle and moveable out of the needle during a surgical procedure;
- a suture connected to one or more of the anchors, and with the suture extending within the needle towards the back end of the needle;
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- a coil on a front end of a shaft that is translatably disposed within a lumen in said tube, said coil being extendible out of the front end of the tube.
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A catheter comprising:
- a torqueable tube having a front end and a back end;
- a handle attached adjacent to the back end of the tube;
- a hollow needle within the tube and having a piercing tip extendible out of the front end of the tube;
- one or more anchors within the needle, with the anchor moveable out of the piercing tip of the needle;
- an anchor ejector within the needle;
- a suture connected to the anchor and leading out towards the handle;
- a needle control on the handle linked to the needle, for moving the needle within the tube;
- an anchor ejector control on the handle linked to the anchor ejector;
- and
- a coil on a front end of a shaft that is translatably disposed within a lumen in said tube, said coil being extendible out of the front end of the tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.