Sapala-wood micropouch

Patent 6758219 Issued on July 6, 2004. Estimated Expiration Date:

September 6, 2022. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Abstract Claims Description Full Text

Patent References

Insertion and removal catheters and intestinal tubes for restricting absorption
Patent #: 4315509
Issued on: 02/16/1982
Inventor: Smit

Laparoscopic gastric band and method Patent #: 5226429
Issued on: 07/13/1993
Inventor: Kuzmak

Inventors

Assignee

MSO Medical

Application

No. 10237327 filed on 09/06/2002

US Classes:

128/898, Methods606/151Surgical mesh, connector, clip, clamp or band

Examiners

Primary: McDermott, Corrine
Assistant: Matthews, William H

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP

International Class

A61B 1900

Abstract

The present invention is an improved gastric bypass, a surgical method to treat clinically significant obesity, in which the likelihood of post-surgical complications is reduced.

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