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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Vibrynt, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Theodore M. Bender, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Joshua Makower, Los Altos, CA (US);
Brian K. Shiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Pablo G. Acosta, Newark, CA (US);
Robert M. George, San Jose, CA (US);
Lisa Serventi, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Ed Orbeta, San Mateo, CA (US);
Scott Early, Campbell, CA (US);
Earl A. Bright, II, Los Altos, CA (US);
Timothy A. Limon, Cupertino, CA (US);
Vibrynt, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, instruments and systems are provided for separating opposite walls of the stomach by extragastric application of suction. Plication of the stomach can be performed between the separated walls after which the separate walls are brought back toward one another. In another aspect, methods, instruments, devices and systems are provided for reducing the effective volume of a stomach by performing one or more extragastric plications of the stomach.