Owner Satiety, Inc.

Inventors Weller, Gary; Gifford III , Hanson S; Sutton, Douglas S; French, Ronald G; Gannoe, James; Andreas, Bernard H; Deem, Mark E; Gerbi, Craig

Agent FB Rice

Pub. Number AU-B-2006230695

Parent 2002312174

Filing date 19 October 2006

Wipo publication date 9 November 2006

Acceptance publication date 9 October 2008

A61B 17/00 (2006.01) Surgery

A61B 17/064 (2006.01) Surgery - Surgical staples

A61B 17/11 (2006.01) Surgery

A61B 17/115 (2006.01) Surgery

A61B 17/22 (2006.01) Surgery - Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on inner organs of the body

A61B 18/04 (2006.01) Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body - by heating

A61B 18/12 (2006.01) Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body - by passing a current through the tissue to be heated, e.g. high-frequency current

A61B 19/00 (2006.01) Instruments, implements or accessories for surgery or diagnosis not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for stereotaxis, sterile operation, luxation treatment, wound edge protectors

A61F 5/00 (2006.01) Orthopaedic methods or devices for non-surgical treatment of bones or joints

A61L 31/00 (2006.01) Materials for other surgical articles

A61B 17/122 (2006.01) Surgery

A61B 17/30 (2006.01) Surgery - Surgical pincettes