Methods and apparatus for creating a working space within a body lumen or cavity
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Dec 15, 2005
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Jun 9, 2004
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Jun 9, 2004
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Methods and apparatus for creating a working space within a patient's stomach are described. The working space is created by internally spreading or pushing the walls of the stomach apart. Advantageously, such spreading is achieved without pressurizing the patient's stomach, i.e. without injecting a pressurized gas or other fluid directly into the stomach. Diagnostic or therapeutic instruments may be deployed within the working space. It is expected that spreading the walls without pressurizing the stomach will facilitate engagement and/or manipulation of the stomach wall for, e.g., endoluminal treatment of obesity.
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