Controlled food intake restriction
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1. A food intake restriction apparatus, comprising:
- an operable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the stomach or esophagus to form an upper pouch of the stomach and a restricted stoma opening in the stomach or esophagus, a source of energy for energizing said restriction device, and a control device operable from outside the patient'"'"'s body for releasing energy from said source of energy, said released energy being used in connection with the operation of said restriction device.
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A food intake restriction apparatus and method includes and uses an operable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the stomach or esophagus to form a restricted stoma opening in the stomach or esophagus. A source of energy for energizing the restriction device, and a control device for releasing energy from the source of energy from outside the patient'"'"'s body are provided. The released energy is used in connection with the operation of the restriction device to vary the size of the stoma opening to allow or substantially prevent the passage of food therethrough.
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128 Claims
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1. A food intake restriction apparatus, comprising:
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an operable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the stomach or esophagus to form an upper pouch of the stomach and a restricted stoma opening in the stomach or esophagus, a source of energy for energizing said restriction device, and a control device operable from outside the patient'"'"'s body for releasing energy from said source of energy, said released energy being used in connection with the operation of said restriction device. - 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, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124)
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125. A method of treating morbid obesity comprising:
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implanting an operable restriction device in a patient in engagement with the stomach or esophagus to form an upper pouch of the stomach and a restricted stomaopening in the stomach or esophagus, providing a source of energy for energizing the restriction device, and controlling the source of energy to release energyfor use in connection with the operation of the restriction device. - View Dependent Claims (126)
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127. A method of treating morbid obesity comprising:
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placing at least two laparascopical trocars in an obese patient'"'"'s body, inserting a dissecting tool through the trocars and dissecting an area of the stomach or esophagus, placing an operable restriction device in the dissected area in engagement with the stomach or esophagus to form an upper pouch of the stomach and a restricted stoma opening in the stomach or esophagus, implanting a source of energy in the patient, and controlling the implanted source of energy from outside the patient'"'"'s body to release energy for use in connection with the operation of the restriction device.
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128. A method of treating morbid obesity, comprising:
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placing at least two laparascopical trocars in an obese patient'"'"'s body, inserting a dissecting tool through the trocars and dissecting an area of the stomach or esophagus, implanting an operable restriction device in the dissected area in engagement with the stomach or esophagus to form an upper pouch and a restricted stoma opening in the stomach or esophagus, implanting an energy transfer device in the patient, providing an external source of energy, controlling the external source of energy to release wireless energy, and transferring the wireless energy by the energy transfer device into energy for use in connection with the operation of the restriction device.
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