Methods and devices for reducing hollow organ volume

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8257365
APP PUB NO 20070208360A1
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11799560

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Methods and devices for providing a minimally-invasive placement of a mechanical structure for reducing the volume of a hollow body organ. Anchors may be secured within the hollow body organ and then cinched together using a tensioning member to form a stricture within the hollow body organ. In another embodiment a tensioning member may be threaded along the hollow body organ and then cinched to reduce the volume. The strictures may be placed anywhere within the hollow body organ, and more than one stricture may be formed within the hollow body organ.

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ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY INC4545 CREEK ROAD #97 CINCINNATI OH 45242

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Demarais, Denise Marie Los Gatos, US 5 928
Gannoe, James West Milford, US 32 7751
Gerbi, Craig Mountain View, US 69 17647

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