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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2005
Denise Marie Demarais, Los Gatos, CA (US);
James Gannoe, West Milford, NJ (US);
Craig Gerbi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Denise Marie Demarais, Los Gatos, CA (US);
James Gannoe, West Milford, NJ (US);
Craig Gerbi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices for providing a minimally-invasive placement of a mechanical structure for reducing the volume of a hollow body organ. Anchors may be secured within the hollow body organ and then cinched together using a tensioning member to form a stricture within the hollow body organ. In another embodiment a tensioning member may be threaded along the hollow body organ and then cinched to reduce the volume. The strictures may be placed anywhere within the hollow body organ, and more than one stricture may be formed within the hollow body organ.