Theodore M. Bender,Joshua Makower,Brian K. Shui,Pablo G. Acosta,Robert M. George,Lisa Serventi,Ed Orbeta,Scott Early,Earl A. Bright,Timothy A. Limon
申请号:
US13753303
公开号:
US09155528B2
申请日:
2013.01.29
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要:
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.