Food intake restriction with controlled wireless energy supply
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1. A food intake restriction apparatus, comprising:
- an operable restriction device implanted in the 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 external to the patient'"'"'s body, and a control device operable from outside the patient'"'"'s body for releasing wireless energy from said source of energy, said released wireless energy being used in connection with the operation of said restriction device.
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Abstract
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 an upper pouch and a restricted stoma opening in the stomach or esophagus. A source of energy external to the patient'"'"'s body and a control device for releasing wireless energy from the source of energy from outside the patient'"'"'s body are provided. The released wireless energy is used in connection with the operation of the restriction device, to enlarge it to allow food passage, or to contract it to substantially prevent food passage.
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146 Claims
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1. A food intake restriction apparatus, comprising:
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an operable restriction device implanted in the 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 external to the patient'"'"'s body, and a control device operable from outside the patient'"'"'s body for releasing wireless energy from said source of energy, said released wireless 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, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139)
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140. A method of treating a human or animal suffering from morbid obesity, comprising:
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(a) surgically implanting in the human or animal an operable restriction device engaging the human'"'"'s or animal'"'"'s stomach, or esophagus, to form an upper pouch of the stomach and a restricted stoma opening in the stomach or esophagus, (b) providing a source of energy external to the patient'"'"'s body, (c) controlling the external source of energy from outside the patient'"'"'s body to release wireless energy, and (d) using the released wireless energy in connection with the operation of the restriction device. - View Dependent Claims (141, 142, 143)
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144. A method of treating a human or animal suffering from morbid obesity, comprising the steps of:
- placing at least two laparascopical trocars in the human'"'"'s or animal'"'"'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 the esophagus to form a restricted stoma opening in the stomach or esophagus, providing a source of energy outside the human'"'"'s or animal'"'"'s body, controlling the external source of energy from outside the patient'"'"'s body to release wireless energy, and using the released wireless energy in connection with the operation of the restriction device.
- placing at least two laparascopical trocars in the human'"'"'s or animal'"'"'s body,
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145. A method of treating a human or animal suffering from morbid obesity, comprising the steps of:
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placing at least two laparascopical trocars in the human'"'"'s or animal'"'"'s, 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 the esophagus to form a restricted stoma opening in the stomach or esophagus, implanting an energy transfer device, 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 different than the wireless energy for use in connection with the operation of the restriction device. - View Dependent Claims (146)
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