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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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