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7306614 |
Overtube apparatus for insertion into a body
An overtube apparatus for insertion into a body is described herein. The assembly includes an overtube having a lumen defined throughout. The distal end of the overtube member has two or more...
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7288101 |
Obesity treatment tools and methods
Various obesity treatment tools and methods are described herein, as well as treatments for other gastric-related diseases, e.g., GERD. Treatment includes reducing the size of the stomach pouch to...
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7288100 |
Gastric clamp for performing vertical band gastroplasty and a gastric bypass with lesser curvature
The invention relates to the production of a vertical gastric reservoir for the surgical treatment of morbid obesity. The reservoir consists of a clamp having two plates articulated at the lower...
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7288099 |
Obesity treatment tools and methods
Various obesity treatment tools and methods are described herein, as well as treatments for other gastric-related diseases, e.g., GERD. Treatment includes reducing the size of the stomach pouch to...
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7255675 |
Devices and methods to treat a patient
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for implantation into the walls of an organ such as the stomach. Deformable or inflatable anchors with a connector between are used to pull the walls of the...
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7229428 |
Method and device for use in endoscopic organ procedures
A bypass conduit assembly is placed in a hollow body organ to route food and liquids past the hollow body organ. A flexible tubular member extends from a narrowed section through the hollow body...
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7220237 |
Method and device for use in endoscopic organ procedures
Methods and devices for use in tissue approximation and fixation are described herein. The present invention provides, in part, methods and devices for acquiring tissue folds in a circumferential...
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7214233 |
Methods and devices for maintaining a space occupying device in a relatively fixed location within a stomach
Methods and devices for maintaining a space-occupying device in a fixed relationship relative to a patient's stomach by manipulation of the stomach. In one variation, two or more regions of the...
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7211094 |
Magnetic anchoring devices
Magnetic anchoring devices are disclosed herein. Expandable devices that are inserted into the stomach of a patient are attached to its interior wall by magnetically coupling. Such expandable...
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7066945 |
Intragastric device for treating obesity
An apparatus and method comprising at least one intragastric member or artificial bezoar made of a digestive-resistant or substantially indigestible material that is introduced into a gastric lumen...
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6773440 |
Method and device for use in tissue approximation and fixation
Methods and devices for use in tissue approximation and fixation are described herein. The present invention provides, in part, methods and devices for acquiring tissue folds from the anterior and...
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5549621 |
Apparatus and method for performing vertical banded gastroplasty
The present invention pertains to an apparatus and method which enable the performance of vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG) without the use of staples. Further, a laparoscopic instrument which can...
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5304188 |
Surgical clamp and method
This relates to a surgical clamp which is of a simple construction, which may be readily utilized and is readily disposable. The surgical clamp is intended for being passed around and clamping off...
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5024978 |
Compositions and methods for making ceramic matrix composites
Fiber-reinforced ceramic matrix composite articles are fabricated by combining inorganic reinforcing fibers with dispersions of powdered ceramic matrix materials in organic vehicles which are...
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4844068 |
Bariatric surgical instrument
A surgical instrument useful for forming a buttonhole through the stomach walls in gastroplastic surgery has a forceps handle, a hinge, and two jaws. The jaws form an aperture proximal the hinge...
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4817604 |
Disposable cholangiogram clip
A tool and method for transcystic duct operative cholangiography. A clip having a pair of spring biased jaws has an aperture formed on the jaws. The clip is positioned around the cystic duct and a...
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4733666 |
Surgical clip for cholangiography
A surgical clip is disclosed. The clip may be used to anchor a cholangiographic catheter that has been previously inserted into the cystic duct to the position it has been placed within the cystic...
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4711240 |
Surgical dissector
A surgical dissector has parallel arms mounted by a scissors linkage for moving toward and away from one another while remaining parallel. A plurality of teeth extend transversely from the arms and...
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