SATIATION DEVICES AND METHODS
First Claim
1. An intestinal sleeve for use in limiting absorption of food from the stomach into a portion of the intestines, comprisingan elongate polymeric sleeve at least 20 cm in length and extending between proximal and distal open ends, andan anchoring mechanism that can be expanded, with the sleeve positioned entirely within the intestine, to anchor the sleeve within the duodenum, to act as an absorption barrier within 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. An intestinal sleeve for use in limiting absorption of food from the stomach into a portion of the intestines, comprising
an elongate polymeric sleeve at least 20 cm in length and extending between proximal and distal open ends, and an anchoring mechanism that can be expanded, with the sleeve positioned entirely within the intestine, to anchor the sleeve within the duodenum, to act as an absorption barrier within the duodenum.
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