METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENDOSCOPICALLY PERFORMING GASTRIC REDUCTION SURGERY IN SINGLE STEP

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an apparatus for endoscopically performing gastric reduction surgery in a single step. SOLUTION: An endoscopic gastric reduction apparatus adapted to applying a series of pledgets to anterior and posterior gastric walls for the creation of a mattress stitch suture within the stomach includes an applier having a distal end and a proximal end. The applier is secured at a distal end of a support shaft shaped and dimensioned for passage down the esophagus and into the stomach. The applier includes an applier body having a suction slot shaped and dimensioned for receiving tissue therein for the application of at least one pledget housed within the suction slot for selective coupling with tissue sucked within the suction slot. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT