Method and device for use in minimally invasive placement of space-occupying intragastric devices
US7033373B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 23, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 25, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 27, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/00292
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A space occupying device for deployment within a patient's stomach and methods of deploying and removing the device. The device includes an expandable member and fasteners, such as sutures, that extend to least partially through the patient's stomach wall, and that anchor the device with the patient's stomach. The device can be deployed and/or removed through transesophageal approaches and/or through a combination of transesophageal and transabdominal approaches.
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