Flexible endoscopic surgical instrument for invagination and fundoplication

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7686819
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10612005

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A surgical instrument used in an endoscopic fundoplication is disclosed. The instrument may include an elongated tube having a proximal end and a distal end, a distal member coupled proximate the distal end of the tube and configured to fold a fundus of a stomach toward an esophageal wall, and a grasper configured to grasp at least a portion of the fundus or the esophageal wall. The grasper may be coupled to one of the elongated tube and the distal member.

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  • SYMBIOSIS CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kortenbach, Juergen Andrew Miami Springs, US 29 6470

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