ARTIFICIAL STOMACH
First Claim
1. A method for surgically placing an artificial stomach in a patient, the method comprising the steps ofcutting an opening in the abdominal wall of the patient,dissecting the area around the stomach,placing an artificial stomach in the dissected area in the abdomen, comprising:
- a food reservoir adapted to collect food,an inlet connected to a first opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to upstream connect to the patient'"'"'s gastrointestinal tract,an outlet connected to a second opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to downstream connect to the patient'"'"'s gastrointestinal tract, andan inlet valve connected between the patient'"'"'s gastrointestinal tract and the first opening of the food reservoir,connecting the inlet with the inlet valve and the first opening of the food reservoir upstream to the patient'"'"'s gastrointestinal tract, andconnecting the outlet with the second opening of the food reservoir downstream to the patient'"'"'s gastrointestinal tract.
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Abstract
A method for surgically placing an artificial stomach in a patient is disclosed. The artificial stomach for replacing the normal stomach of a patient comprises a food reservoir adapted to collect food, an inlet connected to a first opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to upstream connect to the patient'"'"'s gastrointestinal tract, and an outlet connected to a second opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to downstream connect to the patient'"'"'s gastrointestinal tract.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for surgically placing an artificial stomach in a patient, the method comprising the steps of
cutting an opening in the abdominal wall of the patient, dissecting the area around the stomach, placing an artificial stomach in the dissected area in the abdomen, comprising: -
a food reservoir adapted to collect food, an inlet connected to a first opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to upstream connect to the patient'"'"'s gastrointestinal tract, an outlet connected to a second opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to downstream connect to the patient'"'"'s gastrointestinal tract, and an inlet valve connected between the patient'"'"'s gastrointestinal tract and the first opening of the food reservoir, connecting the inlet with the inlet valve and the first opening of the food reservoir upstream to the patient'"'"'s gastrointestinal tract, and connecting the outlet with the second opening of the food reservoir downstream to the patient'"'"'s gastrointestinal tract. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for surgically placing an artificial stomach in a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
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cutting an opening in the abdominal wall of the patient, dissecting the area around the stomach, placing an artificial stomach in the dissected area in the abdomen, comprising; a food reservoir adapted to collect food, an inlet connected to a first opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to upstream connect to the patient'"'"'s gastrointestinal tract, an outlet connected to a second opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to downstream connect to the patient'"'"'s gastrointestinal tract, and a servo reservoir for regulating the size of the food reservoir, wherein an outer wall encloses both the food reservoir and the servo reservoir, the food reservoir and the servo reservoir being separated by a flexible inner wall, and wherein both a wall of the food reservoir and a wall of the servo reservoir comprise parts of the outer wall and the flexible inner wall. connecting the inlet and the first opening of the food reservoir upstream to the patient'"'"'s gastrointestinal tract, and connecting the outlet with the second opening of the food reservoir downstream to the patient'"'"'s gastrointestinal tract. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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