Device for plicating and fastening gastric tissue

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7799040
APP PUB NO 20080249542A1
SERIAL NO

11696228

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A device for creating a plication within a hollow organ. The device includes an elongated member having distal and proximal ends. The device has an end effector attached to the distal end of the elongated member. The end effector has a substantially hollow housing, a fixed jaw extending distally from the housing, and a retractable jaw located within the housing. The jaw is slidable distally such that the retractable jaw can juxtapose the fixed jaw.

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ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY INC4545 CREEK ROAD CINCINNATI OH 45242

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Stokes, Michael J Cincinnati, US 254 49873
Zeiner, Mark S Mason, US 269 83922

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