Patent ID: 8357174
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of acquiring and affixing tissue from within a hollow body organ, comprising: positioning a cartridge assembly having a proximal end thereof attached to a distal end of an elongated body within the hollow body organ adjacent to a region of tissue to be acquired; articulating at least one jaw of the cartridge assembly from a closed configuration, in which a distal end of the at least one jaw is at a first radial distance relative to a longitudinal axis of the elongated body, to an open configuration, in which the distal end of the at least one jaw moves to be at a second, different radial distance relative to the longitudinal axis of the elongated body; acquiring the region of tissue with an acquisition member attached to at least a portion of the cartridge assembly, the region of tissue comprising two overlapping folds of tissue, and the region of tissue being acquired and held by the at least one jaw of the cartridge assembly; and affixing the folds of tissue together by articulating the at least one jaw of the cartridge assembly from the open configuration to the closed configuration.