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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2009
Applicant:
Peter Forsell, Zug, CH;
Inventor:
Peter Forsell, Zug, CH;
Assignee:
Milux Holding SA, Luxembourg, LU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates surgical abdominal methods of treating a reflux disease in a patient by implanting a movement restriction device that, when implanted in a patient, restricts the movement of the stomach notch in relation to the diaphragm muscle preventing the cardia to slide up through the diaphragm hiatus opening. Also disclosed is a laparoscopic instrument for providing a movement restriction device to be invaginated in the stomach fundus wall of a human patient to treat reflux disease.