Sofradim Production

Endoply

Jérôme Dargent

Bernard Pain

Bernard Greillier

An endoscopic gastric plication device includes an assembly able to co-operate with a handle provided with a control mechanism for actuating the assembly for placing and securing a staple around a fold in a stomach wall. The device includes: a mechanism for gripping/pulling a portion of a stomach wall arranged at the end of a manipulation rod adapted to be connected to the control mechanism, which mechanism is capable of being actuated by the control mechanism so as to grip the stomach wall and pull it to form a fold; a mechanism for guiding a staple around the fold in the stomach wall; at least one staple and a mechanism for pushing the staple into the guide mechanism, the staple being designed to pass through and form a loop around the fold while being guided by the guide mechanism; and a mechanism for pulling the looped end of the staple.

Endoscopic gastric plication device

Constriction device ( ) which can be at least partially implanted in the human or animal body, comprising a constriction member ( ) forming a ring in its operational configuration, said constriction member including a flexible band ( ), of which the two ends ( ) are adjacent to one another in the operational configuration, and a means ( ) for actuating the constriction member, characterized in that, in cooperation, on the one hand, at least one end ( ) of the flexible band ( ) includes a tractile element ( ) for moving said end relative to the other end ( ), generating a radial deformation of the constriction member, and, on the other hand, the actuating means ( ) comprises a member ( ) for pulling the tractile element ( ).

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Lyons, France

Jérôme Dargent