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Methods, devices, and systems for obesity treatment

  • US 10,179,060 B2
  • Filed: 08/08/2016
  • Issued: 01/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for deploying a dual balloon system in a gastric cavity of a patient, comprising:

  • introducing at least a first gastric balloon and a second gastric balloon to the gastric cavity, each of said balloons having a respective fill volume and a respective inflation lumen;

    at least partially filling each of the first gastric balloon and the second gastric balloon with a same type of fluid such that the first and second gastric balloons cooperatively form the dual balloon system that floats within the gastric cavity;

    wherein the first gastric balloon and the second gastric balloon are non-concentric and adjacent,wherein the inflation lumen of the first gastric balloon is separate from the inflation lumen of the second gastric balloon,wherein at least partially filling each of the first gastric balloon and the second gastric balloon comprises introducing fluid into the respective balloon via its respective inflation lumen,wherein neither of the first and the second gastric balloon is tethered in the gastric cavity after inflation.

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