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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2005
Gary Weller, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Alex T. Roth, Redwood City, CA (US);
Christopher Julian, Los Gatos, CA (US);
James Gannoe, West Milford, NJ (US);
Andrew H. Hancock, Fremont, CA (US);
Craig Gerbi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Crystine M. Lee, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gary Weller, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Alex T. Roth, Redwood City, CA (US);
Christopher Julian, Los Gatos, CA (US);
James Gannoe, West Milford, NJ (US);
Andrew H. Hancock, Fremont, CA (US);
Craig Gerbi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Crystine M. Lee, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods for tissue acquisition and fixation, or gastroplasty, are described. Generally, the devices of the system may be advanced in a minimally invasive manner within a patient's body to create one or more plications within the hollow body organ. A tissue treatment device attached to a distal end of a flexible elongated member and has a cartridge member opposite an anvil member. The cartridge member and the anvil member are movable between a closed position and an open position relative to one another, and the cartridge member is re-loadable with a removable staple cartridge to form multiple plications within the organ with the same tissue treatment device.