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US 2014/0155915 A1Published application
Gastric therapy system and method for suturing gastric wall
AssigneeOlympus Medical Systems Corp.
InventorsTakayasu Mikkaichi, Kunihide Kaji, Takayuki Suzuki, Takahiro Kogasaka
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Abstract
This gastric therapy system includes a loop-forming member that forms a loop along a lesser-curvature-line and a greater-curvature-line in a stomach; a guide member that introduces the loop-forming member into the stomach; and a therapy section that cerclages a part of the gastric wall after looping the loop-forming member.
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A method for cerclaging a gastric wall comprising:
- inserting a flexible elongated loop-forming member perorally into a stomach and advancing the loop-forming member along a lesser-curvature-line;
- returning the loop-forming member at a position closer to an oral side than a pyloric antrum of the stomach, advancing the loop-forming member along a greater-curvature-line, and forming a loop in the stomach;
- suctioning air from the stomach after looping the loop-forming member in the stomach, and shrinking the stomach so that an anterior gastric wall is in proximity with a posterior gastric wall within the looped loop-forming member;
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- cerclaging the anterior gastric wall and the posterior gastric wall that are in proximity by shrinking the stomach.
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