| US 7,571,729 B2 | ||
| Apparatus and methods for performing mucosectomy | ||
| Vahid Saadat, Atherton, Calif. (US); and Lee L. Swanstrom, Portland, Oreg. (US) | ||
| Assigned to USGI Medical, Inc., San Clemente, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 28, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/69,890. | ||
| Application 11/069890 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/954658, filed on Sep. 29, 2004. | ||
| Application 10/954658 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/797910, filed on Mar. 09, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0203489 A1, Sep. 15, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 128—898 [606/1; 606/32; 606/167] | 16 Claims |
| 1. A method for resecting mucosal tissue from an interior of a patient's stomach, the method comprising
simultaneously separating the mucosal tissue from underlying muscularis tissue and resecting the separated mucosal tissue
along an anterior segment of the patient's stomach;
simultaneously separating the mucosal tissue from underlying muscularis tissue and resecting the separated mucosal tissue
along a posterior segment of the patient's stomach, said posterior segment opposing said anterior segment;
forming opposing tissue folds along the opposing anterior and posterior segments; and
approximating the opposing tissue folds to partition the patient's stomach.
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