Methods and devices for providing a minimally-invasive placement of a mechanical structure for reducing the volume of a hollow body organ. Intragastric bands may be secured within the hollow body organ and then reduced in diameter to form a stricture within the hollow body organ. The strictures may be...http://www.google.ca/patents/US20050192601?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20050192601 - Methods and devices for reducing hollow organ volume
