Devices and methods for fastening tissue layers

US7083630B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Scimed Life Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Robert B. DeVries · Marlborough, US
• William J. Shaw · Cambridge, US
• Kristian DiMatteo · Waltham, US
• Gerhard Buess · Tübingen, DE
• Daniel Kalanovic · Stuttgart, DE
• Marc O. Schurr · Lörrach, DE
• Roy H. Sullivan · Millville, US
• Marc Tassy, Jr. · Framingham, US
• John A. Griego · Blackstone, US
• Patrick N. Gutelius · Monroe, US
• Paul DiCesare · Easton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 29, 2002
• Grant date: Aug 1, 2006
• Expiry date: Apr 1, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/306
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Endoscopic devices and methods used for fastening multiple tissue layers, such as, for example, an endoscopic fundoplication procedure, are disclosed. The device may include, for example, an elongated tubular member having a proximal end for extending outside of the body and a distal end for positioning proximate the multiple tissue layers, a grasper configured for positioning proximate the distal end of the tubular member and for grasping at least one of the multiple tissue layers, a device coupled to the distal end of the tubular member for folding the multiple tissue layers together, a tissue fastener configured to be inserted into the tissue layers to hold the tissue layers together, and a fastener head for inserting the tissue fastener into the tissue layers.