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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2005
Mark S. Ortiz, Milford, OH (US);
William J. Kraimer, Mason, OH (US);
David B. Griffith, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Lynetta J. Freeman, West Chester, OH (US);
Mark S. Ortiz, Milford, OH (US);
William J. Kraimer, Mason, OH (US);
David B. Griffith, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Lynetta J. Freeman, West Chester, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A transgastric instrument provides a sterile and repeatable pathway to and through a gastric wall for the purpose of facilitating endoscopic transgastric procedures. The instrument includes at least one guide tube having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end being shaped and dimensioned for positioning adjacent a desired location along the gastric wall. The instrument also includes a fixation mechanism at the distal end of the guide tube for selectively securing the distal end of the guide tube at a desired location along the gastric wall. An otomy creation device circumferentially smaller than the guide tube extends through the guide tube, the otomy creation device including a distal end shaped and dimensioned for cutting and dilating the gastric wall.