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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2016
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Elliott J. Fegelman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Randy J. Seeley, Northville, MI (US);
Gregory J. Bakos, Mason, OH (US);
Jason L. Harris, Lebanon, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods are used to modify a metabolic pathway of a digestive system by creating a pathway within the intestinal tract through an anastomosis between a proximal location within the intestinal tract and a distal location within the intestinal tract. In some examples, the small intestine has a first initial length and the created pathway defines a second length of the intestinal tract that is approximately ten to seventy percent of the first initial length of the small intestine.