DEVICE FOR TREATING OBESITY
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Abstract
A device for treating obesity in humans is described, with a balloon arrangement that can be introduced into the human stomach and that can be filled with a fluid and emptied inside the stomach for controlled reduction of the stomach volume; with at least one fluid line, which is connected in a fluid tight manner to the balloon arrangement and via which the balloon arrangement can be filled and emptied transcutaneously; with at least one securing means provided along the fluid line in order to fix the fluid line to skin and tissue layers enclosing the stomach; and with at least one valve unit provided along the fluid line. The balloon arrangement has a first means that can be filled with the fluid and assumes a balloon-like configuration in a filled state, a second fillable means which, in a filled state, assumes a ring-shaped or loop-shaped configuration and radially encloses a clear internal diameter, and the first and second means are connected to each other in so that the first means extends into a first half space via a plane enclosed by the ring-shaped or loop-shaped configuration of the filled second means.
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63 Claims
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26. A device for treating obesity in humans, comprising:
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a balloon arrangement for introduction into the human stomach and which is fillable with a fluid and emptied inside the stomach for a controlled reduction of the stomach volume; at least one fluid line, which is connected in a fluid tight manner to the balloon arrangement, and via which the balloon arrangement is filled and emptied transcutaneously; at least one securing means provided along the fluid line for fixing the fluid line to skin and tissue layers enclosing the stomach; at least one valve provided along the fluid line, and wherein; the balloon arrangement includes a first means which is fillable with the fluid and assumes a balloon-like configuration in a filled state and a second fillable means which, in a filled state, assumes a ring-shaped or loop-shaped configuration and radially encloses a clear internal diameter; and the first and second means are connected to each other so that the first means extends into a first half space via a plane enclosed by the ring-shaped or loop-shaped configuration of the filled second means. - View Dependent Claims (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)
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