US Patent:
20070276408, Nov 29, 2007
Inventors:
Charles Filipi - Omaha NE, US
Douglas Cornet - Omaha NE, US
Gafur Zainiev - West Bloomfield MI, US
Inlik Zainieva - West Bloomfield MI, US
Vladimir Gerasimov - West Bloomfield MI, US
Valeriy Prushinskiy - Farmington MI, US
Marina Prushinskaya - Farmington MI, US
International Classification:
A61B 17/10
Abstract:
Disclosed is a T-fastener delivery device. The device includes a belt and a pusher rod. The belt includes a plurality of slots for holding a plurality of T-bars substantially parallel to one another in a side-by-side arrangement; and the belt is moveable such that the slots can be sequentially aligned with the pusher rod. Also disclosed are methods for creating a gastric pouch in the stomach of an obese patient and methods for reducing lower esophageal sphincter distraction with gastric filling in a subject. Suturing systems are also disclosed One suturing system includes a plurality of T-fasteners and a continuous suture connecting the plurality of T-fasteners. The T-fastener comprises a cylindrical bar having a filament loop attached thereto substantially at the cylindrical bar's axial midpoint, and the continuous suture slidably passes through the T-fasteners' filament loops. Another suturing system includes a plurality of T-fasteners; and a continuous suture connecting the plurality of T-fasteners. The T-fastener comprises two cylindrical bars connected by a filament, and the continuous suture slidably passes through a loop formed by the T-fasteners' filaments.