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Methods for the endoluminal treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)

  • US 8,062,314 B2
  • Filed: 12/07/2006
  • Issued: 11/22/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A medical method, comprising:

  • providing a bridge having a first arm and a second arm substantially parallel to the first arm;

    coupling a first substantially straight retainer to the first arm and a second substantially straight retainer to the second arm, the first and second retainers each having a piercing portion that is non-perpendicular to the substantially parallel arms;

    subsequently sliding the two substantially straight retainers over a fold of body tissue such that the first retainer contacts a first portion of said fold and the second retainer contacts a second portion of said fold; and

    subsequently bending the piercing portion of each of said two retainers completely through more than one half a thickness of said fold such that both of said two retainers compress said first and second portions of said fold into contact with each other.

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