Eddie Gomez

US Patent:

20190247041, Aug 15, 2019

Filed:

Apr 29, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/397328

Inventors:

- Austin TX, US
Manoel Galvao - Sao Paulo, BR
Eddie Gomez - Miami FL, US
Nicole Pena - Santo Domingo, DO
Sohail Shaikh - Clifton NJ, US
Chris Thompson - Needham MA, US
Erik Wilson - Houston TX, US
Natan Zundel - Fort Lauderdale FL, US
Robert Lulo - Bee Cave TX, US
Ted Stephens - Spicewood TX, US

Assignee:

Apollo Endosurgery US, Inc. - Austin TX

International Classification:

A61B 17/04
A61B 17/062
A61B 90/00
A61B 18/24

Abstract:

An incisionless fully endoscopic method of reducing the capacity of the stomach is provided to surgically treat obesity. The method is directed to endoluminal tissue approximation of a portion of the stomach, including at least a portion of the greater curvature thereof. The method includes a pattern of stitching in which a portion of the stomach is closed off. One stitching pattern causes the lateral portion of the stomach to be drawn to reduce the usable volume of the stomach while maintaining a pathway from the esophagus to the pylorus. As the stitching pattern advances, the fundus is automatically drawn downward so that it may be endoscopically approached for stitching in a facilitated manner. According to another aspect of the invention, another stitching pattern extends from the antrum to the fundus between the anterior and posterior portions of the stomach.

US Patent:

20150126983, May 7, 2015

Filed:

Oct 7, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/508756

Inventors:

- Austin TX, US
Manoel Galvao - Sao Paulo, BR
Eddie Gomez - Miami FL, US
Nicole Pena - Santo Domingo, DO
Sohail Shaikh - Clifton NJ, US
Chris Thompson - Needham MA, US
Erik Wilson - Houston TX, US
Natan Zundel - Fort Lauderdale FL, US
Robert Lulo - Bee Cave TX, US
Ted Stephens - Spicewood TX, US

Assignee:

APOLLO ENDOSURGERY, INC. - Austin TX

International Classification:

A61B 17/04
A61B 18/24

US Classification:

606 14, 606144

Abstract:

An incisionless fully endoscopic method of reducing the capacity of the stomach is provided to surgically treat obesity. The method is directed to endoluminal tissue approximation of a portion of the stomach, including at least a portion of the greater curvature thereof. The method includes a pattern of stitching in which a portion of the stomach is closed off. One stitching pattern causes the lateral portion of the stomach to be drawn to reduce the usable volume of the stomach while maintaining a pathway from the esophagus to the pylorus. As the stitching pattern advances, the fundus is automatically drawn downward so that it may be endoscopically approached for stitching in a facilitated manner. According to another aspect of the invention, another stitching pattern extends from the antrum to the fundus between the anterior and posterior portions of the stomach.