METHOD AND INSTRUMENT FOR TREATING OBESITY
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Abstract
A gastroscopic method of treating obesity of a patient using a device adapted to stretch a part of the stomach wall of said patient. The method comprising the steps of: inserting said device into the stomach of said patient through the esophagus, placing said device in contact with the stomach wall and fixating said device to the stomach wall such that said device can stretch a part of said stomach wall.
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Citations
136 Claims
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1-116. -116. (canceled)
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117. An instrument for placing a device adapted to stretch a part of the stomach wall of a patient in connection with said stomach wall, on the outside thereof, said instrument comprising:
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a. a holding member adapted to releaseably hold said device, and b. a fixating member, adapted to assist in the fixation of said device to the stomach wall, on the outside thereof. - View Dependent Claims (118, 119, 120, 121)
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122. An instrument for placing a device adapted to stretch a part of the stomach wall of a patient in connection with said stomach wall, on the inside thereof, said instrument comprising:
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a. a holding member adapted to releaseably hold said device, b. an insertion member adapted to insert said device through said stomach wall, and c. a fixating member, adapted to assist in the fixation of said device to the stomach wall, on the inside thereof. - View Dependent Claims (123, 124, 125, 126, 127)
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128. A laparoscopic instrument for implanting a stretching device in a human patient to treat obesity, the instrument comprising:
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an elongated member having a proximal end and a distal end, the elongated member being adapted to be introduced into the patient'"'"'s abdomen during a laparoscopic operation by means of a laparoscopic trocar, a stomach pushing device adapted to create a recess in the stomach wall, the pushing device being adapted to place a stretching device in the recess for subsequent invagination in the stomach wall. - View Dependent Claims (129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136)
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