Patent ID: 7896890
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An endoscopic gastric reduction apparatus adapted for applying a series of pledgets to anterior and posterior gastric walls for the creation of a patterned suture stitch within the stomach, comprising: an applier having a distal end and a proximal end, the applier being secured at a distal end of a support shaped and dimensioned for passage down the esophagus and into the stomach; the applier includes an applier body having a posterior suction slot and an anterior suction slot; a plurality of pledgets housed within the respective anterior suction slot and the posterior suction slot; the anterior and posterior suction slots being shaped and dimensioned for receiving tissue therein for application of the plurality of pledgets housed within the respective anterior suction slot and the posterior suction slot, the plurality of pledgets being prestrung with a suture housed within the applier body and extending between pledgets respectively housed within the anterior suction slot and the posterior suction slot for selective coupling with tissue suctioned within the posterior suction slot and the anterior suction slot.