Methods and devices for reducing hollow organ volume

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8057384
APP PUB NO 20080132925A1
SERIAL NO

12030103

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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. Intragastric bands may be secured within the hollow body organ and then reduced in diameter to form a stricture within the hollow body organ. 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, INC.

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Demarais, Denise M Los Gatos, US 17 2722

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