Patent ID: 9414832
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A method for securing the stomach to the diaphragm and for restoring a gastroesophogeal flap valve, comprising: selecting a first portion of a stomach tissue of a patient; restoring a gastroesophageal valve using the first portion of the stomach tissue, the first portion of the stomach tissue forming an intersection between the esophagus and the stomach; providing a tissue fastening device having a fastener, the fastener having a first member and a second member, the first member having a tissue piercing pointed tip; advancing the tissue fastening device down the throat of the patient; securing a second portion of stomach tissue, the second portion of tissue being a portion of the stomach separate from the first portion of tissue and being a portion of the greater curvature spaced apart from an esophageal opening, the securing step being carried out after restoring the gastroesophageal valve during the restoring step; advancing a tissue piercing deployment wire through the first portion of tissue and through the second portion of tissue and locking the tissue piercing deployment wire in place; using a pusher, advancing the fastener over the tissue piercing deployment wire extending through a channel in the first member and inserting the tissue piercing pointed tip of the first member through the first portion of tissue and the second portion of tissue; and withdrawing the tissue piercing deployment wire from the channel through a lengthwise slit extending the entire length of the first member in order to deploy the first member through the second portion of tissue.