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Methods and devices for deploying and releasing a temporary implant within the body

US10182932B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Allurion Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Samuel Moss · Brookline, US
Matthew S. Lake · Carlsbad, US
Jonathan Wecker · Weston, US
Shantanu K. Gaur · Schoutenkamp, US
Samuel Levy · Schenectady, US
Bruce A. Horwitz · Newton, US
Jinyoung Daniel Gwak · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 9, 2015
Grant date	Jan 22, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 1, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M39/227
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Methods, devices and systems for delivering a device assembly into a gastric or other space within the body, allowing the device to expand to occupy volume within the gastric space and, after an effective period of time, delivering a substance or stimulus to begin breakdown of the expanded device so that it may release from the body.

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