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Satiation devices and methods

  • US 20040117031A1
  • Filed: 01/16/2003
  • Published: 06/17/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for inducing weight loss in a patient having a stomach, an antrum, and a pylorus, the method comprising the steps of:

  • positioning a prosthesis within a patient'"'"'s stomach, the prosthesis having a proximal opening and a distal opening and a passage extending between the proximal and distal openings;

    causing the patient to ingest food material, at least a portion of the food material passing through the proximal opening into the prosthesis;

    allowing food material to exit the prosthesis and to flow into the pylorus; and

    allowing gastric secretions of the stomach to flow around at least a portion of the prosthesis and into the pylorus.

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