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Methods for treating obesity

US7998220B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 4, 2004
Grant dateAug 16, 2011
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 4, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61F2002/068
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system and methods useful for treating morbid obesity include the installation of a stenosis into an artery of a morbidly obese patient, the artery selected to be one that supplies blood to the small intestine of the patient.

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