摘要 |
A device for acquiring and stapling multiple tissues regions within a subject's stomach, by introducing the device transorally into the stomach, is disclosed. The device includes a multi-fire staple head designed for reciprocal motion along an axis between a compact condition in which the head can be inserted into the stomach trans?rally and an expanded tissue-acquisition condition, a shaft to which the head is attached and by which the head in its compact condition can he introduced transorally into the stomach, and a tissue-acquisition device for acquiring tissue within the stomach. Also disclosed is a method for acquiring and stapling multiple tissues regions within a patient's stomach, a m?lti-fire stapler device that indexes different rows of staples, and a multi-first stapler device that with multiple staple cartridges. |