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US 2016/0354077 A1Published application
Connected fasteners, delivery device and method
AssigneeEndoGastric Solutions, Inc.
InventorSteve G. Baker
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Abstract
A device for reducing the volume of a hollow body organ includes a tissue port and a plurality of fasteners. The fasteners may be coupled to a flexible filament, such as a suture, which is tensioned to constrict the hollow body organ to achieve volume reduction.
Claims10
A device for forming a fold of tissue, comprising:
- an elongated body;
- a tissue chamber coupled to the body and having a duckbill valve at a distal end of the elongated body;
- a tissue port configured to draw a fold of tissue into the tissue port using suction, the tissue port being positioned proximal to the duckbill valve and along the expandable tissue chamber so that the fold of tissue extends into the tissue chamber;
- a stylet tube extending inside of the elongated body and a stylet positioned inside of the stylet tube and configured for axial movement through the stylet tube;
- a fastener mounted on the stylet, the fastener configured to be delivered by the stylet through the fold of tissue extending into the tissue port.
2 more elements
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The device of claim 25, wherein the fastener has a groove to permit release of the fastener from the stylet after the fastener has been deployed through the fold of tissue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.