Methods and devices for the rerouting of chyme to induce intestinal brake

US8636751B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Thomas Albrecht · Beilngries, DE
• Jeffrey L. Aldridge · Lebanon, US
• Sean P. Conlon · Loveland, US
• Michael S. Cropper · Edgewood, US
• Denzel Z. Herrera-Davis · Cincinnati, US
• Daniel F. Dlugos, Jr. · Sharonville, US
• Jason L. Harris · Lebanon, US
• Christopher J. Hess · Cincinnati, US
• Kevin L. Houser · Springboro, US
• Mario Gutierrez · San Antonio, US
• Prasanna Malaviya · Huangpu District, CN
• Amy L. Marcotte · Mason, US
• Jeffrey D. Messerly · Cincinnati, US
• Anthony T. Nguyen · Sharonville, US
• Mark S. Ortiz · Milford, US
• Mark D. Overmyer · Cincinnati, US
• Alessandro Pastorelli · Roma, IT
• Galen C. Robertson · Apex, US
• Frederick E. Shelton, IV · Hillsboro, US
• Michael J. Stokes · Cincinnati, US
• Foster B. Stulen · Mason, US
• James W. Voegele · Cincinnati, US
• Lauren S. Weaner · Cincinnati, US
• Tamara Widenhouse · Clarksville, US
• James A. Woodard, Jr. · Mason, US
• Mark S. Zeiner · Milford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 10, 2011
• Grant date: Jan 28, 2014
• Expiry date: Feb 6, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2002/045
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Methods and devices reroute chyme to induce intestinal brake in order to improve the effectiveness of bariatric surgical procedures and to improve comorbidity resolution. A bowel is manipulated to provide a shortened path for chyme to travel to the ileum. These methods and devices of rerouting chyme to induce intestinal brake may include one or more of a surgical procedure, an implanted device, or a combination of an implant with an improved surgical procedure.