Invention Grant
- Patent Title: External device for magnetically positioning a gastric device
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Application No.: US16115452Application Date: 2018-08-28
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Publication No.: US10251767B1Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Shahriar Sedghi , Sheng-Chiang Lee
- Applicant: Appetec, Inc.
- Agency: Select Patents
- Agent Ashkon Cyrus
- Main IPC: A61F5/00
- IPC: A61F5/00 ; A61B34/00
Abstract:
A minimally invasive system and method for providing weight loss by inducing the feeling of satiety whereby an intragastric device is inserted into the gastric lumen via the esophagus and an external magnetic device is used as needed to magnetically attract the intragastric device towards the inner wall of the stomach and impart tactile stimulation sufficient to induce the feeling of satiety.
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