APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE

摘要

A minimally invasive surgical procedure is disclosed which includes the step s of forming a fold of tissue, extending one or more needles through the fold of tissue, deploying a tissue fastener from an interior lumen of each of the needles, and retracting each of the needles from the fold of tissue such tha t the tissue fasteners remain deployed in the fold of tissue.