ENDOSCOPIC FULL THICKNESS GASTRIC REDUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD

• Main Author: MATHUR SANDIP V
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.09.2012
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DIAGNOSIS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; SURGERY; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

A device, adapted to receive one or more gastric bands and adapted to be coupled to a surgical instrument such as an endoscope, comprises a tubular main body and a cap comprising an opening through which a guidewire may be threaded. A triggering wire may be detachably coupled to one or more bands to...