Methods and apparatus for creating and regulating a gastric stoma
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Sep 1, 2005
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Feb 14, 2005
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Jun 25, 1999
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Apparatus and methods are provided for creating and regulating a gastric stoma by intraluminally reducing or partitioning a local cross-sectional area of the stomach, thereby inducing weight loss in obese patients. Various embodiments of stomas in accordance with the present invention are provided, as well as various regulation mechanisms for controlling or adjusting the size of the stoma.
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