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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2022
Fractyl Health, Inc., Lexington, MA (US);
Jay Caplan, Belmont, MA (US);
Harith Rajagopalan, Wellesley Hills, MA (US);
Mark A. Manasas, Lexington, MA (US);
Christopher James Kadamus, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Andrew Coats, Somerville, MA (US);
Philip S. Levin, Storrs, CT (US);
J. Christopher Flaherty, Nottingham, NH (US);
Fractyl Health, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
A device for expanding tissue comprises at least one fluid delivery tube and at least one fluid delivery element in fluid communication with the at least one fluid delivery tube. The at least one fluid delivery tube comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therebetween. The device is constructed and arranged to perform a near full circumferential expansion of luminal wall tissue. Systems and methods are also provided, including a system for expanding tissue layers and treating tissue proximate to the expanded tissue layers.