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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2006
Applicants:
David E. Silverman, Fall City, WA (US);
Alan Stein, Bellingham, WA (US);
Inventors:
David E. Silverman, Fall City, WA (US);
Alan Stein, Bellingham, WA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for forming a valve-like mechanism in a body of a mammal having an esophagus extending through a lower esophageal sphincter to a stomach and formed by a wall having a muscle layer and a mucosal layer. The method comprises the step of forming at least one implant in the muscle layer of the wall in the vicinity of the lower esophageal sphincter. The at least one implant inhibits opening of esophagus at the lower esophageal sphincter and causes the mucosal layer to appose in the vicinity of the implants.