Patents by Inventor Lee Swanstrom

Lee Swanstrom has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and apparatus for creating and regulating a gastric stoma
    Publication number: 20050192629
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for creating and regulating a gastric stoma by intraluminally reducing or partitioning a local cross-sectional area of the stomach, thereby inducing weight loss in obese patients. Various embodiments of stomas in accordance with the present invention are provided, as well as various regulation mechanisms for controlling or adjusting the size of the stoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Applicant: USGI Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Vahid Saadat, Richard Ewers, Rodney Brenneman, Tracy Maahs, Lee Swanstrom