DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ENDOLUMINAL GASTRIC RESTRICTION AND TISSUE MANIPULATION

摘要

An endoluminal treatment device and method includes introducing an endoluminal device into a lumen of a patient and engaging a wall of the lumen with a retractor of the endoluminal device. The wall is retracted such that outer surfaces of the lumen come into contact with each other and thereby form a plication. Following formation of the plication, the device is activated to deploy a securing device to secure the plication. Multiple plications can be introduced into the organ wall and then be approximated to reduce the volume of the lumen and to form a pouch, such as in a gastric reduction procedure.