| US 7,483,754 B2 | ||
| Endoscopic instrument system for implanting a device in the stomach | ||
| Mir A. Imran, Menlo Park, Calif. (US); Olivier K. Colliou, Los Gatos, Calif. (US); Ted W. Layman, Menlo Park, Calif. (US); and Sharon L. Lake, Menlo Park, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Intrapace, Inc., Menlo Park, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 16, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/281,234. | ||
| Application 11/281234 is a division of application No. 10/291449, filed on Nov. 07, 2002, granted, now 7,107,100. | ||
| Application 10/291449 is a division of application No. 09/847884, filed on May 01, 2001, granted, now 6,535,764. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0069414 A1, Mar. 30, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61N 1/18 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 607—133 [607/40] | 12 Claims |
| 1. A method for delivery of a device to a stomach wall of a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
forming an opening through the stomach wall from a first side of the stomach wall to an opposite side of the stomach wall
by advancing a distal tissue-penetrating tip distally into the stomach wall, and extending an elongate body through the opening;
advancing an expansion member into the opening in the stomach wall using the elongate body by moving the expansion member
distally relative to the elongate body while the elongate body is slidably disposed in a lumen of the expansion member, and
radially expanding the opening in the stomach wall with the expansion member; and
inserting the device through the expanded opening so that the device is implanted extending from the first side to the opposite
side.
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