Patent ID: 9687335
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F,A61N

Claim:
1. A method of treating a reflux disease in a patient by implanting a movement restriction device that, when implanted in a patient, restricts movement of a stomach notch in relation to a diaphragm muscle, thereby preventing a cardia from sliding up through a diaphragm hiatus opening, the method comprising the steps of: cutting a skin in a region of an abdominal wall of the patient; inserting at least one dissecting tool through the abdominal wall; dissecting an area of a stomach; introducing the movement restriction device into an abdominal cavity; placing the movement restriction device against an outer surface of a serosa of a stomach fundus wall, contacting the stomach fundus wall; affixing the movement restriction device contacting the outer surface of a serosa of the stomach fundus wall; and thereby preventing the cardia from sliding through the patient's diaphragm hiatus opening into the patients thorax, so as to maintain a pressure support from the patient's abdomen that supports the patient's cardia sphincter muscle.