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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2003
Mark B. Knudson, Shoreview, MN (US);
Katherine S. Tweden, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Timothy R. Conrad, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
John P. Sopp, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Mark B. Knudson, Shoreview, MN (US);
Katherine S. Tweden, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Timothy R. Conrad, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
John P. Sopp, Forest Lake, MN (US);
EnteroMedics Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The method of the invention includes accessing a juncture of an esophagus and a stomach of the patient on a distal side of a diaphragm. The esophagus and a fundus of the stomach intersect at a cardiac notch located at an original cardiac notch position. A reducing element is placed at the junction with the reducing element selected to reposition the cardiac notch to a position more distal to a lower esophageal sphincter of the patient.