ARTICLE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR SECURING MEDICAL DEVICES TO TREAT OBESITY, GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD) AND IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME (IBS) REVERSIBLY
First Claim
1. A medical staple formed from a metal alloy wire, the staple having two elongated arms and a central loop, each of the arms normally extending from the loop in two opposing generally semicircular courses extending upwardly and outwardly from the loop, each arm having an end comprising a sharpened endpoint, the arms bendable under resistance and resuming their original position upon release.
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Abstract
A medical staple formed from a nitinol wire, the staple having two elongated arms which extend upwardly and outwardly from a central loop in two opposing generally semicircular courses forming an arc extending upwardly and outwardly and an end second comprising a sharpened endpoint, the endpoint being the arms bendable under resistance, is disclosed. In some embodiments the arms extend upwardly on a parallel course and then outwardly. The material is preferably an alloy with hyperelastic characteristics. The staples are placed in a flexible endoscope and a lumen catheter within the endoscope, using a hook or forceps in the lumen catheter having a distal end in the lumen of the catheter and the staple distal to the forceps in folded configuration with the arms folded inward in the lumen catheter, positioning the distal end of the lumen catheter at a location in the patient'"'"'s gastrointestinal tract where stapling is desired, moving the forceps distally so as to force the staple forward out of the lumen catheter and cause the end points to pierce the patient'"'"'s inner wall of the gastrointestinal tract.
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29 Claims
- 1. A medical staple formed from a metal alloy wire, the staple having two elongated arms and a central loop, each of the arms normally extending from the loop in two opposing generally semicircular courses extending upwardly and outwardly from the loop, each arm having an end comprising a sharpened endpoint, the arms bendable under resistance and resuming their original position upon release.
- 12. A system comprising a plurality of pairs of staples adapted to create an endoscopically placed vertical banding gastroplasty that is reversible by pulling out the staples.
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29. An article useful for implanting a medical device comprising an electrical lead, a flexible joining member, and a terminal staple.
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