U.S. Patent 7708181 was awarded to Barosense, Inc. on 2010-05-04 and describes a “Endoscopic stapling devices and methods.” This patent has been cited 267 times by other U.S. patents which places it in the top 500 cited patents since 2010 according to our law firm research, and makes it of the most innovative medical technology patents in the field of instruments. The abstract states:

Described herein are endoscopic staplers used to apply one or more fasteners to body tissue. In one embodiment, a fastener-applying device, which is preferably a stapler, is passed transorally into the stomach and used to plicate stomach tissue by engaging tissue from inside of the stomach and drawing it inwardly. In the disclosed embodiments, the tissue is drawn inwardly into a vacuum chamber, causing sections of serosal tissue on the exterior of the stomach to be positioned facing one another. The disclosed staplers allow the opposed sections of tissue to be moved into contact with one another, and preferably deliver staples for maintaining contact between the tissue sections at least until serosal bonds form between them. Each of these steps may be performed wholly from the inside of the stomach and thus can eliminate the need for any surgical or laparoscopic intervention. After one or more plications are formed, medical devices may optionally be coupled to the plication(s) for retention within the stomach. Link: U.S. Patent 7708181

This patent was originally filed on 2008-03-21 which gives it a processing time of 774 days, compared to an average processing time of 1097 in the field. Barosense, Inc. has 21 total patents. The first named inventor is Daniel J. Balbierz of Redwood City, CA. The primary examiner was Scott A Smith.

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