Patent ID: 7934631

Claim:
A device for intraorally acquiring and stapling multiple tissue-fold regions within a subject's stomach, comprising: (a) a flexible elongate shaft having a distal end that can be inserted intraorally into the subject's stomach, (b) a staple head attached to the distal end of the shaft, said head being constructed and dimensioned for insertion into the subject's stomach intraorally, and comprising: (i) a staple housing having a plurality of staples contained in one or more staple-holding cells, at least one of said staples being held in a cell in a staple-ready position; (ii) an anvil operatively connected to and relatively moveable toward and away from the staple housing; (iii) a staple driver carried in said staple housing for movement from a first to a second position at which the one or more staples in staple-ready positions within selected cells are advanced from the staple housing and against the anvil, thereby to staple a stomach tissue fold supported between the housing and anvil; and, a reset mechanism for (i) moving the staple housing away from the anvil, (ii) moving the staple driver to its first position, and (iii) advancing one or more staples to staple-ready positions within the housing, after stapling a stomach tissue fold, wherein multiple stapled tissue folds can be formed without having to remove the staple head from the subject's stomach.