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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2003
Applicant:
Juergen Andrew Kortenbach, Miami Springs, FL (US);
Inventor:
Juergen Andrew Kortenbach, Miami Springs, FL (US);
Assignee:
Symbiosis Corporation, Miami, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surgical instrument used in an endoscopic fundoplication is disclosed. The instrument may include an elongated tube having a proximal end and a distal end, a distal member coupled proximate the distal end of the tube and configured to fold a fundus of a stomach toward an esophageal wall, and a grasper configured to grasp at least a portion of the fundus or the esophageal wall. The grasper may be coupled to one of the elongated tube and the distal member.