Patent ID: 9155608
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of isolating tissue in the digestive tract comprising: delivering an isolation element to a desired location in the digestive system, the isolation element having fixed thereto a plurality of micro-anchors; and attaching the isolation element to tissue at the desired location by causing pointed tips of the micro-anchors to penetrate the mucosa of the tissue, wherein each of the plurality of micro-anchors comprises protruding scales, each scale having a single tip that is oriented in a direction substantially opposite to the direction of the pointed tip of the micro-anchor, and the scales overlap, these scales engage the tissue and resist movement of the micro-anchor out of the tissue, and the micro-anchors being fixed attached to the isolation element, the isolation element includes 500-3000 micro-anchors per square inch of the area of the isolation element comprising micro-anchors.