Patent ID: 7803165
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A device for creating a plication within a hollow organ, said device comprising: a. an elongated member having distal and proximal ends, said distal end is for insertion into a body cavity, said elongated member having an end effector at said distal end, said end effector comprising an outer cylinder having at least one opening in a cylindrical wall thereof, and an inner cylinder having at least one opening in a cylindrical wall thereof, said inner cylinder is at least partially disposed within said outer cylinder such that said apertures at least partially overlap, wherein said cylinders are rotatable with respect to each other, an edge of each aperture is angled inwardly; b. a tubular channel running through said elongated member which is in fluid communication with said end effector, said channel having a vacuum source attached at a proximal end thereof; wherein both of said apertures begin at a distal edge of said cylinders and terminate proximally thereto at a proximal end, said apertures having a first diameter at said distal edge and a second diameter at said proximal ends, wherein said first diameter is greater than said second diameter.