Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Stomach-spanning gastric implants
- Patent Title (中): 胃跨越胃植入物
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Application No.: US13931561Application Date: 2013-06-28
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Publication No.: US09539133B2Publication Date: 2017-01-10
- Inventor: Mitchell H. Babkes , Zachary Dominguez
- Applicant: Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.
- Main IPC: A61F2/04
- IPC: A61F2/04 ; A61F5/00

Abstract:
A variety of passive intragastric implant devices for obesity treatment are disclosed. Such passive implants do not autonomously change shape, but instead react within the stomach to induce satiety. The implants may take up volume within the stomach, thus reducing the digestive capacity. Additionally, the implants may contact areas within the stomach, such as the cardia surrounding the esophageal sphincter, to stimulate satiety-inducing nerves. Also, a number of implants slow gastric emptying by blocking or otherwise impeding flow through the pyloric sphincter. Other implants delay digestion by providing a duodenal sleeve. A number of implants combine two or more of these satiety-inducing features. Methods of implant are disclosed including compressing the implants within a delivery tube and transorally advancing the implants through the esophagus to be deployed within the stomach. Removal of the implants occurs in the reverse.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130289466A1 STOMACH-SPANNING GASTRIC IMPLANTS Public/Granted day:2013-10-31
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