Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of delivering an intragastric device for treating obesity
- Patent Title (中): 输送治疗肥胖的胃内装置的方法
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Application No.: US11963577Application Date: 2007-12-21
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Publication No.: US07883524B2Publication Date: 2011-02-08
- Inventor: Steve Kaipin Chen
- Applicant: Steve Kaipin Chen
- Applicant Address: US NC Winston-Salem
- Assignee: Wilson-Cook Medical Inc.
- Current Assignee: Wilson-Cook Medical Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Winston-Salem
- Agency: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
- Main IPC: A61M29/00
- IPC: A61M29/00

Abstract:
An intragastric member and method of delivery thereof are described. Delivery of the intragastric member is enabled by partitioning the intragastric member into discrete bundles with retaining members that are circumferentially disposed along the longitudinal length of the intragastric member. Formation of the intragastric member into bundles facilitates controlled delivery into the gastric lumen. The use of suture ties enables deployment of the intragastric member into the gastric lumen. The distal ends of the suture ties are affixed to the bundles. Pulling on the proximal free end of each of the suture ties enables the corresponding bundles to be advanced distally along a delivery tube. The suture ties are pulled until each of the bundles slide off from the delivery tube and enter into the gastric lumen.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090164028A1 METHOD OF DELIVERING AN INTRAGASTRIC DEVICE FOR TREATING OBESITY Public/Granted day:2009-06-25
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