Obesity treatment devices, systems, and methods
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- treating obesity of a patient by distending a portion of the bowel of the patient that comprises at least a portion of the cecum of the patient for an amount of time sufficient to reduce a total weight of the patient by no less than 5 percent,wherein distending the portion of the bowel comprises distending the cecum.
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Abstract
Various devices, systems, and methods that can be used in the treatment of obesity and related illnesses are disclosed. In some instances, a portion of the bowel of an obese patient is distended for a therapeutically effective period. The distention may be achieved by introduction of an object that is of foreign origin relative to the body of the patient into the bowel of the patient. In some instances, the distention is achieved by a medical device that transitions from an undeployed state, in which the medical device is introduced into the bowel of the patient, to an expanded state in which the medical device distends the bowel by an amount sufficient to trigger an intestinal-gastric brake in the patient.
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195 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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treating obesity of a patient by distending a portion of the bowel of the patient that comprises at least a portion of the cecum of the patient for an amount of time sufficient to reduce a total weight of the patient by no less than 5 percent, wherein distending the portion of the bowel comprises distending the cecum. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110)
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111. A method comprising:
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treating obesity of a patient by distending a portion of the bowel of the patient that comprises at least a portion of the cecum of the patient for an amount of time sufficient to reduce an excess weight of the patient by no less than 10 percent, wherein the excess weight is calculated as a difference between an actual body weight of the patient and a weight necessary to achieve a body mass index of 24.9 for the patient, and wherein distending the portion of the bowel comprises distending the cecum. - View Dependent Claims (112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117)
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118. A method comprising:
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treating obesity of a patient by distending a portion of the bowel of the patient that comprises at least a portion of the cecum of the patient for a period of no less than one month, wherein distending the portion of the bowel comprises distending the cecum. - View Dependent Claims (119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124)
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125. A method comprising:
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introducing a medical device into the cecum of an obese patient; distending the cecum via the medical device to reduce an appetite of the patient; and leaving the medical device within the cecum while the medical device maintains the cecum in distention. - View Dependent Claims (126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189)
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190. A method comprising:
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treating obesity of a patient by distending the cecum of the patient for an amount of time sufficient to reduce a total weight of the patient by no less than 5 percent, wherein distending the cecum comprises placing a medical device in contact with an inner surface of the cecum, and wherein the medical device comprises an eluting material, the method further comprising permitting the eluting material of the medical device to release one or more appetite suppressants. - View Dependent Claims (191)
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192. A method comprising:
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treating obesity of a patient by distending the cecum of the patient for an amount of time sufficient to reduce an excess weight of the patient by no less than 10 percent, wherein the excess weight is calculated as a difference between an actual body weight of the patient and a weight necessary to achieve a body mass index of 24.9 for the patient, wherein distending the cecum comprises placing a medical device in contact with an inner surface of the cecum, and wherein the medical device comprises an eluting material, the method further comprising permitting the eluting material of the medical device to release one or more appetite suppressants. - View Dependent Claims (193)
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194. A method comprising:
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treating obesity of a patient by distending the cecum of the patient for a period of no less than one month, wherein distending the cecum comprises placing a medical device in contact with an inner surface of the cecum, and wherein the medical device comprises an eluting material, the method further comprising permitting the eluting material of the medical device to release one or more appetite suppressants. - View Dependent Claims (195)
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