HYBRID ENDOSCOPIC/LAPAROSCOPIC DEVICE FOR FORMING SEROSA TO SEROSA PLICATIONS IN GASTRIC CAVITY

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for reducing gastric cavity volume by making the cavity wall involute in a hybrid endoscopic-laparoscopic procedure to form one or more serosa to serosa contact folds.;SOLUTION: A device for manipulating gastric tissue with an elongated hollow housing having distal and proximal ends. The housing contains at least one fastener. The fastener includes at least two anchors connected together by a flexible member. The flexible member has a knot disposed thereon. The knot is movable to draw together the anchors and lock them into position with respect to each other. The device also includes a penetrating member disposed at the distal end of the housing, and an actuator for deploying the fasteners distally through the housing and the penetrating member.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT