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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Haruhiro Inoue, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61F 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61B 17/00 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61F 5/0083 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00269 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00827 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a method of treating gastroesophageal reflux disease, which includes dissecting one of a mucosal layer and a submucosal layer of at least one of an esophagogastric junction and a stomach in a range less than an entire circumference of a circumferential direction so that moderate stenosis occurs due to cicatrization in an area in which one of the mucosal layer and the submucosal layer is dissected.