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Device for intermittently obstructing a gastric opening

  • US 10,166,133 B2
  • Filed: 11/18/2016
  • Issued: 01/01/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An obstructing member for intermittently obstructing a pyloric valve, comprising:

  • a coiling occluding member having a low-profile configuration wherein the coiling occluding member forms a helical structure extending longitudinally and wherein the coiling occluding member is configurable into a deployment configuration having a plurality of turns which nest one adjacent to the other forming a wound structure in the deployment configuration;

    a locking mechanism in communication with the coiling occluding member when the coiling occluding member is in the deployment configuration, wherein the locking mechanism is configured to secure the coiling occluding member in the deployment configuration; and

    a covering member which at least partially surrounds the coiling occluding member in its deployment configuration.

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