DEVICE FOR MANIPULATING AND FASTENING TISSUE

Stomach tissue can manipulated and fastened with a tissue grasper (357) and a tissue shaper (352) to form folds in the stomach. The tissue grasper and the tissue shaper can rotate and translate relative to one another. The tissue grasper has a plurality of vacuum orifices to adhere the tissue graspe...

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Main Author ROMLEY, Richard
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 22.02.2017
Subjects
DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Summary:Stomach tissue can manipulated and fastened with a tissue grasper (357) and a tissue shaper (352) to form folds in the stomach. The tissue grasper and the tissue shaper can rotate and translate relative to one another. The tissue grasper has a plurality of vacuum orifices to adhere the tissue grasper to tissue. When tissue is drawn into the tissue shaper, a tissue piercing element (398) is moved from a stored position to a working position and used to pierce tissue.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20160182874