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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2007
Vladimir Mitelberg, Austin, TX (US);
Donald K. Jones, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
David Y. Yuan, Austin, TX (US);
Brett E. Naglreiter, Austin, TX (US);
J. Landon Gilkey, Austin, TX (US);
Christopher J. Gostout, Rochester, MN (US);
Pankaj J. Pasricha, Houston, TX (US);
Vladimir Mitelberg, Austin, TX (US);
Donald K. Jones, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
David Y. Yuan, Austin, TX (US);
Brett E. Naglreiter, Austin, TX (US);
J. Landon Gilkey, Austin, TX (US);
Christopher J. Gostout, Rochester, MN (US);
Pankaj J. Pasricha, Houston, TX (US);
Apollo Endosurgery, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Instruments, systems and methods are provided for performing submucosal medical procedures in a desired area of the digestive tract using endoscopy. Instruments include a safe access needle injection instrument, a submucosal tunneling instrument, a submucosal dissection instrument, a mucosal resection device. Systems include a combination of one or more of such instruments with or without injectable agents. Embodiments of various methods for performing the procedures are also provided.