Gastric bypass system and method
AssigneeRex Medical, L.P.
InventorJames F. McGuckin, JR.
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Abstract
A system and method for treating obesity including a first instrument containing a first magnet therein, the first instrument insertable into a stomach of a patient and the first magnet deployable into the stomach of the patient and having a first space. A second instrument contains a second magnet therein, the second instrument insertable into a bowel of a patient and the second magnet deployable into the bowel of the patient and having a second space. A stent is insertable into the first and second spaces to maintain an opening formed between the stomach and bowel.
Claims20
A method for treating obesity comprising the steps of:
- inserting first and second endoscopes, the first endoscope inserted into a stomach of the patient and the second endoscope inserted into a bowel of a patient;
- approximating the stomach and bowel;
- deploying a first magnet in the stomach and a second magnet in the bowel;
- creating an opening between the stomach and bowel;
- and
- positioning a stent into the opening.
A system for treating obesity comprising:
- a first instrument containing a first magnet therein, the first instrument insertable into a stomach of a patient and the first magnet deployable into the stomach of the patient, the first magnet having a first space;
- a second instrument containing a second magnet therein, the second instrument insertable into a bowel of the patient and the second magnet deployable into the bowel of the patient, the second magnet having a second space;
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- a stent insertable into the first and second spaces to maintain an opening formed between the stomach and bowel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.