Disclosed is a T-fastener delivery device. The device includes a belt and
a pusher rod. The belt includes a plurality of slots for holding a
plurality of T-bars substantially parallel to one another in a
side-by-side arrangement; and the belt is moveable such that the slots
can be sequentially aligned with the pusher rod. Also disclosed are
methods for creating a gastric pouch in the stomach of an obese patient
and methods for reducing lower esophageal sphincter distraction with
gastric filling in a subject. Suturing systems are also disclosed One
suturing system includes a plurality of T-fasteners and a continuous
suture connecting the plurality of T-fasteners. The T-fastener comprises
a cylindrical bar having a filament loop attached thereto substantially
at the cylindrical bar's axial midpoint, and the continuous suture
slidably passes through the T-fasteners' filament loops. Another suturing
system includes a plurality of T-fasteners; and a continuous suture
connecting the plurality of T-fasteners. The T-fastener comprises two
cylindrical bars connected by a filament, and the continuous suture
slidably passes through a loop formed by the T-fasteners' filaments.