Patents Examined by Chase Wilkins
  • Patent number: 8800842
    Abstract: A non-surgical gastric bander device and process is described. The non-surgical gastric bander device includes a staple device, an elongated articulated shaft, an operations handle and a cable connecting the operations handle to the staple device. The staple device includes a housing having an interior housing channel for receiving a slidable tube. The slidable tube includes at least one suction port, a constriction band surrounding the exterior surface of the slidable tube and a plurality of staples removably positioned adjacent the exterior surface of the slidable tube and held in place by the constriction band. The gastric bander device further includes an elongated, articulated shaft connecting the staple device to an operations handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Inventor: Thomas E. Menzel