# US 2014/0155918 A1 · Methods And Devices For Performing Gastroplasty

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- Number: US 2014/0155918 A1
- Document ID: US20140155918A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/174,802
- Filed: 2014-02-06
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2008-02-01
- Assignees: Dr. Michel Gagner
- Inventors: Michel Gagner; David J. Blaeser; Dale J. Spencer
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140155918A1

## CPC

- A61F 5/0076: {preventing normal digestion, e.g. Bariatric or gastric sleeves}
- A61B 17/07207: {the staples being applied sequentially}
- A61B 17/115: Staplers for performing anastomosis, e.g. in a single operation
- A61F 5/0083: {Reducing the size of the stomach, e.g. gastroplasty (surgical interventions A61B17/00)}
- A61B 2017/00119: {alarm; indicating an abnormal situation}
- A61B 2017/00278: {Transorgan operations, e.g. transgastric}
- A61B 2017/00818: {Treatment of the gastro-intestinal system}
- A61B 2017/00827: {Treatment of gastro-esophageal reflux}
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)

## Abstract

A gastroplasty method involves a staple line that terminates prior to reaching the gastroesophageal junction such that the bypassed portion of the stomach does not require resection. Additionally, bougies are taught that assist a physician in following the improved staple line of the present invention.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of performing a gastroplasty without resection comprising:
passing a bougie into a stomach of a patient, said bougie including a body and an upward extension capable of splaying away from said body to form a Y shape;
splaying said extension;
establishing a line along an outer side of said extension, beginning at a bottom of the stomach and ending at a point that is spaced below and away from a gastroesophageal junction due to said splaying of said extension;
joining opposing walls of the stomach along said line;
closing said extension against said body;
removing said bougie.