Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Devices, systems, and methods to control stomach volume
- Patent Title (中): 用于控制胃体积的装置,系统和方法
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Application No.: US13385574Application Date: 2012-02-24
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Publication No.: US08986337B2Publication Date: 2015-03-24
- Inventor: Roderick A. Hyde , Michael A. Smith , Elizabeth A. Sweeney , Lowell L. Wood, Jr. , Richard N. Zare
- Applicant: Roderick A. Hyde , Michael A. Smith , Elizabeth A. Sweeney , Lowell L. Wood, Jr. , Richard N. Zare
- Applicant Address: US WA Bellevue
- Assignee: Elwha LLC
- Current Assignee: Elwha LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Bellevue
- Main IPC: A61M29/00
- IPC: A61M29/00 ; A61F5/00

Abstract:
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to methods, devices, and computer systems thereof for reducing stomach volume in a subject. In certain embodiments, a subject receives a stomach-volume-reducing device that optionally includes at least one reservoir configured to release at least one appetite suppressant. In an embodiment, the stomach-volume-reducing device is responsive to one or more environmental conditions of the subject, for example, pH or chemical chemicals in the stomach of the subject. In an embodiment, the stomach-volume-reducing device controls hunger in the subject.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130226221A1 Devices, systems, and methods to control stomach volume Public/Granted day:2013-08-29
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