SATIATION DEVICES AND METHODS
First Claim
1. A method for treating obesity in a subject comprisingintra-orally positioning within the intestine of the subject, an elongate polymeric sleeve at least 20 cm in length and extending between proximal and distal open ends, andanchoring the sleeve within the duodenum of the intestine, allowing food from the stomach to flow through the tube within the duodenum while preventing absorption of food through the walls of the duodenum.
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Abstract
A device for inducing weight loss in a patient includes a tubular prosthesis self-expandable from a collapsed position in which the prosthesis has a first diameter to an expanded position in which the prosthesis has a second, larger, diameter. In a method for inducing weight loss, the prosthesis is placed in the collapsed position and inserted into a stomach of a patient. The prosthesis is allowed to self-expand from the collapsed position to the expanded position and into contact with the walls of the stomach, where it induces feelings of satiety and/or inhibits modulation of satiety-controlling factors such as Ghrelin.
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1. A method for treating obesity in a subject comprising
intra-orally positioning within the intestine of the subject, an elongate polymeric sleeve at least 20 cm in length and extending between proximal and distal open ends, and anchoring the sleeve within the duodenum of the intestine, allowing food from the stomach to flow through the tube within the duodenum while preventing absorption of food through the walls of the duodenum.
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