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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2003
Jamy Gannoe, Redwood City, CA (US);
Gary Weller, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Douglas S. Sutton, Pacifica, CA (US);
Craig Gerbi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jamy Gannoe, Redwood City, CA (US);
Gary Weller, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Douglas S. Sutton, Pacifica, CA (US);
Craig Gerbi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Satiety, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices for partitioning or plicating a region of a hollow body organ are described herein. These methods and devices relate generally to medical apparatus and methods and more particularly to devices and methods for affecting a change in the function of a hollow body organ, particularly a stomach, intestine or gastrointestinal tract. These changes can include reducing the volume capacity of the hollow body organ, disrupting or altering the normal function of the organ, functionally excluding certain sections of the organ either by affixing adjacent tissue or excising certain regions, or affecting or correcting the response of the organ to naturally occurring stimuli, such as ingestion.