Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for treating morbid obesity
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Application No.: US14087216Application Date: 2013-11-22
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Publication No.: US08968177B2Publication Date: 2015-03-03
- Inventor: David E. Silverman , Alan Stein
- Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Agency: Kacvinsky Daisak Bluni PLLC
- Main IPC: A61F2/00
- IPC: A61F2/00 ; A61F5/00 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/12 ; A61B17/04 ; A61B17/064 ; A61F2/04

Abstract:
A method for treating morbid obesity in a body of a mammal having a gastrointestinal tract extending through a stomach and a pyloric sphincter and a wall forming the stomach and pyloric sphincter. At least one implant is formed in the wall in the vicinity of the pyloric sphincter to inhibit emptying of the stomach.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140081419A1 METHOD FOR TREATING MORBID OBESITY Public/Granted day:2014-03-20
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