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- Patent Title: Devices and methods for treatment of obesity
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Application No.: US11716986Application Date: 2007-03-10
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Publication No.: US08398668B2Publication Date: 2013-03-19
- Inventor: Joshua Makower , Theodore M. Bender , Brian K. Shiu , Pablo G. Acosta , Shuji Uemura , Josef L. Friedmann , Crystine Lee
- Applicant: Joshua Makower , Theodore M. Bender , Brian K. Shiu , Pablo G. Acosta , Shuji Uemura , Josef L. Friedmann , Crystine Lee
- Applicant Address: US CA Redwood City
- Assignee: Vibrynt, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Vibrynt, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Redwood City
- Agency: Law Office of Alan W. Cannon
- Main IPC: A61M29/00
- IPC: A61M29/00 ; A61F2/00 ; A61F13/00

Abstract:
Methods, devices, tools and assemblies for treating a patient to effect weight loss. One method embodiment involves passing a device including an expandable member in a collapsed configuration and a buoyancy member through an opening in the skin of a patient and into the abdominal cavity of the patient, and anchoring at least a portion of the expandable member, relative to at least one structure in the abdominal cavity. Devices including at least one expandable member and at least one buoyancy member are provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070250103A1 Devices and methods for treatment of obesity Public/Granted day:2007-10-25
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