Patents by Inventor Soane H. Eke

Soane H. Eke 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).

  • Publication number: 20070276409
    Abstract: Endoscopic devices methods and devices are provided for attaching opposed walls of tissue. The methods and devices can be used to deliver a plurality of fasteners to opposed tissues, and suture extending through the fasteners can be used to pull the tissues together. The suture can be pre-woven through the fasteners, thus allowing for a quick and simply deployment. While the various methods and devices disclosed herein can be used in a variety of procedures, in certain exemplary embodiments the methods and devices are used to pull together opposed walls of the stomach to form a stomach pouch within the stomach which reduces the rate of gastric emptying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Ortiz, David N. Plescia, Tom Allen Ditter, Soane H. Eke