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METHODS FOR REDUCTION OF GASTRIC LUMEN

  • US 20120071900A1
  • Filed: 05/16/2011
  • Published: 03/22/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method comprising:

  • providing a delivery catheter including a piercing element at a distal end of the catheter, one or more anchors within the catheter and a suture coupled to the anchors, with at least one of the anchors comprising a sleeve of braided material and an eyelet for coupling the anchor to the suture;

    advancing the delivery catheter to a target tissue within the body of a patient;

    advancing the piercing element through a first tissue wall, and then through a second tissue wall;

    ejecting a first anchor from the piercing element on a first side of the first tissue wall, and ejecting a second anchor from the piercing element on a second side of the second tissue wall; and

    advancing a fastener over the suture whereby a tension is applied to the suture, the fastener comprising a collar having a central channel through which the suture extends;

    such that the first and second anchors and the suture hold the first tissue wall adjacent to the second tissue wall.

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