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US 2012/0232568 A1Published application
Surgical treatment of gastric emptying disorders
AssigneeUSGI Medical, Inc.
InventorJohn A. Cox
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Abstract
Devices and methods for surgically altering stomach tissue to change gastric emptying. Plications are formed in the stomach speed up or slow down gastric emptying, depending on the number and locations of plications used. The plications may be formed endolumenally.
Claims22
A method for treating accelerated gastric emptying, comprising:
- forming two or more plications of the corpus and/or the antrum of the stomach to create an obstacle in the stomach to the rapid passage of food through the stomach, with the obstacle slowing gastric emptying.
A method for treating accelerated gastric emptying, comprising:
- forming two or more plications of the corpus and/or the antrum of the stomach, with the plications slowing peristalsis, thus slowing the propulsion of food to the small bowel.
A method for treating delayed gastric emptying, comprising:
- forming two or more plications in tissue of the stomach to reduce the volume of the stomach and force food to move through the stomach more quickly.
A method for treating a gastric emptying disorder, comprising:
- a) advancing a delivery catheter through a patient's mouth and esophagus and into the patient's stomach;
- b) forming a tissue fold in the tissue of the stomach;
- c) passing the needle through the tissue fold;
- d) deploying a first tissue anchor assembly from the needle on a distal side of the tissue fold;
- e) withdrawing the needle back through the tissue fold;
- f) deploying a second tissue anchor assembly from the needle on a proximal side of the tissue fold, with the second tissue anchor assembly linked to the first tissue anchor assembly by a suture;
- g) securing the second tissue anchor assembly in place to form a substantially permanent plication in the stomach;
- h) with the plication altering the gastric emptying.
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