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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1993
Michael R Harrison, San Francisco, CA (US);
Russell W Jennings, Pacifica, CA (US);
Alan W Flake, San Francisco, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a method of fundoplication of the stomach to the esophagus comprising introducing an esophageal manipulator (72) into the stomach lumen (10), maneuvering the manipulator within the lumen so as to create an intussusception (48) of the esophagus (14) into the stomach, introducing a stapler (68) to the lumen of the stomach, and stapling the intussuscepted esophagus to the stomach operation of the stapler is from within the lumen of the stomach. The invention also provides a medical or surgical stapler comprising an elongated body (80) having a passageway (70) which is adapted to receive a medical component such as a forceps (72) or fluid.