Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tissue fastening devices and related insertion tools and methods
- Patent Title (中): 组织固定装置及相关插入工具及方法
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Application No.: US11488191Application Date: 2006-07-18
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Publication No.: US07811295B2Publication Date: 2010-10-12
- Inventor: Juergen A. Kortenbach
- Applicant: Juergen A. Kortenbach
- Applicant Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/10
- IPC: A61B17/10 ; A61B17/08
Abstract:
The invention in certain aspects relates to a one-piece coil-shaped surgical fastener for fastening tissue segments, especially suitable for fastening segments of the lower esophogeal sphincter and fundus in an endoscopic procedure for the treatment of GERD. The invention also relates to related methods and devices for insertion of such a fastener, especially along a juncture of the surfaces of such tissue segments.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070021756A1 Tissue fastening devices and related insertion tools and methods Public/Granted day:2007-01-25
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