1. A method of gastric bypass surgery comprising:
advancing a first device to a first target site within a digestive tract of a patient;
manipulating the first device inside andor outside the patient to move the first target site approximate to a second target site within the digestive tract;
joining the first and second target sites together to form a junction with a periphery; and
forming an opening within the periphery of the junction.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of manipulating the first device comprises activating a magnet positioned at the first target site.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of manipulating the first device comprises articulating a distal end of the first device.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of joining the first and second target sites together comprises welding tissue together.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising advancing a second device or the first device to a third target site and manipulating the second device or first device outside the patient to move the third target site approximate to a fourth target site within the digestive tract.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising joining the third and fourth target sites together to form a junction with a periphery.
7. A method of treating diabetes comprising:
inserting an elongate member orally through the digestive tract, the elongate member having an internal volume, a proximal end, and a distal end, the internal volume extending from the proximal end to the distal end;
locating a first biological matter location and a second biological matter location with the distal end of the elongate member;
deploying a first coupler at the first biological matter location and a second coupler at the second biological matter location from the distal end of the elongate member, the first coupler and the second coupler deploying from the internal volume of the elongate member and maintaining a coupling to the internal volume;
attaching a first protrusion coupled to the first coupler to the first biological matter location and a second protrusion coupled to the second coupler to the second biological matter location;
manipulating the second coupler adjacent the first coupler by directionally maneuvering an external coupler about the second coupler;
aligning the first coupler with the second coupler;
joining the first biological matter location to the second biological matter location by activating a first joining member coupled to the first coupler and a second joining member coupled to the second coupler;
opening the joined portion of the first biological matter location and the second biological matter location to provide for flow of bodily fluid;
disengaging and retracting the couplers from the first and second biological matter locations; and
removing the elongate member from the digestive tract.
8. The method of claim 7, further comprising locating a third biological matter location and a fourth biological matter location, deploying a third coupler and a fourth coupler, manipulating the third coupler outside the patient approximate the fourth coupler, joining the third biological matter to the fourth biological matter, and forming an opening of the third biological matter to the fourth biological matter.
9. A medical treatment device comprising:
an elongate member having an internal volume, a proximal end, and a distal end, the internal volume extending from the proximal end to the distal end;
a first coupler and a second coupler, the first coupler and the second coupler coupled to the internal volume of the elongate member;
a first joining member and a second joining member, the first joining member coupled to the first coupler and the second joining member coupled to the second coupler;
wherein the first joining member is configured to attach to a first biological matter location, and the second joining member is configured to attach to a second biological matter location, the second location being distal to the first location, and wherein the second coupler is configured for manipulation to align relative the first coupler such that the second biological matter location relocates adjacent the first biological matter location, the first joining member and the second joining member configured to join the first biological matter location to the second biological matter location.
10. The medical treatment device of claim 9, wherein a first indicator is coupled to the first coupler and a second indicator is coupled to the second coupler, the first indicator and the second indicator configured to indicate an alignment between the first coupler and the second coupler.
11. The medical treatment device of claim 9, wherein the first joining member and the second joining member are electrodes, and the first joining member and the second joining member can couple together biological matter when an external power source is provided to the first and second joining members.
12. The medical treatment device of claim 9, wherein the first joining member and the second joining member are oval-shaped, having an aperture extending from a first face to a second face.
13. The medical treatment device of claim 12, wherein the aperture shape is optimized for bodily fluid flow.
14. The medical treatment device of claim 9, wherein the first coupler and the second coupler comprise electromagnets.
15. The medical treatment device of claim 9, wherein the manipulation of the second biological matter location relative the first biological matter location is provided by a reversible electromagnetic power source to the second coupler and the first coupler.
16. A method of treating obesity comprising:
inserting an elongate member orally through the digestive tract, the elongate member having an internal volume, a proximal end, and a distal end, the internal volume extending from the proximal end to the distal end;
locating a first biological matter location and a second biological matter location with the distal end of the elongate member;
deploying a first coupler at the first biological matter location and a second coupler at the second biological matter location from the distal end of the elongate member, the first coupler and the second coupler deploying from the internal volume of the elongate member and maintaining a coupling to the internal volume;
attaching a first protrusion coupled to the first coupler to the first biological matter location and a second protrusion coupled to the second coupler to the second biological matter location;
manipulating the second coupler adjacent the first coupler by directionally maneuvering an external coupler about the second coupler;
aligning the first coupler with the second coupler;
joining the first biological matter location to the second biological matter location by activating a first joining member coupled to the first coupler and a second joining member coupled to the second coupler;
opening the joined portion of the first biological matter location and the second biological matter location to provide for flow of bodily fluid;
disengaging and retracting the couplers from the first and second biological matter locations; and
removing the elongate member from the digestive tract.
17. The method of claim 16, further comprising selecting different lengths of bypassed upper instenstines.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A remote controlling system for an electric device, comprising:
one or more electric devices for communicating with a remote controller through a wireless communication network, the one or more electric devices transmitting state information to the remote controller according to a state request command from the remote controller and controlling a predetermined operation according to an operation control command from the remote controller; and
the remote controller, supplied with power by a common power source, for transmitting the state request command to the an electric device selected by a user, receiving state information from the selected electric device, and displaying the state information according to a display priority, the remote controller transmitting the operation control command to the electric device, wherein:
the remote controller receives and preferentially displays operation state information corresponding to another one of the electric devices when the selected electric device has top display priority,
the remote controller receiving the operation state information of the other electric device while the remote controller displays the state information of the electric device selected by the user,
the remote controller displaying the operation state information of the other electric device after receiving the operation state information of the other electric device, the operation state information of the other electric device automatically displayed in place of the state information of the electric device selected by the user, and
after displaying the operation state information of the other electric device, the remote controller automatically re-displays the state information of the electric device selected by the user.
2. The remote controlling system of claim 1, wherein the electric device comprises
at least a transmitterreceiver for accessing the wireless communication network, and
a controller for performing the function of the electric device, and transmitting the state information to the remote controller through the transmitterreceiver or controlling the operation of the electric device according to the state request command or the operation control command from the transmitterreceiver.
3. The remote controlling system of claim 1, wherein the remote controller comprises
a power supply unit applied with common power, for supplying power,
a transmitterreceiver for accessing the wireless communication network,
an input for acquiring a user input,
a display for displaying the state info nation, and
a controller for selecting the electric device or generating the state request command or the operation control command for the selected electric device according to the user input, transmitting the state request command or the operation control command to the selected electric device through the transmitterreceiver, receiving the state information, and displaying the state information on the display.
4. A remote controlling method for an electric device in a remote controller communicating with one or more electric devices through a predetermined wireless communication network, the remote controlling method comprising:
receiving state information of one of the electric devices; and
displaying the state information according to display priority, wherein the remote controller receives and preferentially displays operation state information corresponding to another one of the electric devices when the selected electric device has top display priority, the remote controller receiving the operation state information of the other electric device while the remote controller displays the state information of the electric device selected by the user, the remote controller displaying the operation state information of the other electric device after receiving the operation state info nation of the other electric device, the operation state information of the other electric device automatically displayed in place of the state information of the electric device selected by the user, and
after displaying the operation state information of the other electric device, automatically re-displaying the state information of the electric device selected by the user.
5. The remote controlling method of claim 4, wherein the display priority comprises setting or user’s selection for the displayed electric device.
6. The remote controlling method of claim 5, further comprising:
generating a state request command for the set or selected electric device, and
transmitting the state request command to the set or selected electric device,
wherein the display step performs the display operation according to the state information from the set or selected electric device, or according to reception or non-reception of the state information from the set or selected electric device.
7. The remote controlling method of claim 5, further comprising:
acquiring an operation control input for the set or selected electric device,
generating an operation control command according to the operation control input, and
transmitting the generated operation control command to the set or selected electric device, wherein the display step displays the state of the electric device corresponding to the operation control command.
8. The remote controlling method of claim 5, wherein, when the state information is error state information or operation end info nation, displaying the state information includes displaying the error state information or the operation end information corresponding to the set or selected electric device.
9. The remote controlling method of claim 4, wherein error state information or operation end information has top priority in the display priority.
10. The remote controlling method of claim 8, wherein displaying the state information includes displaying an operation end state based on the operation end info nation after a predetermined time.
11. The remote controlling method of claim 8, wherein displaying the state information includes displaying the state of an electric device which does not end an operation, after displaying the operation end state.
12. A remote controller comprising:
at least one receiver to receive state information of a plurality of devices through a wireless communication network,
a processor to receive information selecting one of the devices and to control transmission of a state request command to the selected device, the state information of the selected device received after transmission of the state request command; and
a display to display the state information of the devices, wherein:
the state information of the devices is based on display priority information,
when the state information of the selected device having a first display priority is displayed without display of state information of other ones of the devices, the state information of another device is automatically displayed in place of the state information of the selected device after the state information of the other electric device is received, and
the state information of the selected device is automatically re-displayed after the state information of the other electric device is displayed.
13. The remote controller of claim 12, wherein the state information of the selected device is automatically re-displayed after the state information of the other electric device is displayed without the state information of the other electric device being simultaneously displayed.
14. The remote controller of claim 12, wherein the first display priority is a top display priority and wherein the other device has a display priority lower than the top display priority.
15. The remote controller of claim 12, wherein the devices include at least one appliance.