Heartburn and reflux disease treatment with controlled wireless energy supply
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1. A heartburn and reflux disease treatment apparatus, comprising:
- an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in a patient having heartburn and reflux disease to engage the esophagus or the stomach close to the cardia without forming an upper pouch of the stomach that substantially accumulates food to form a restricted food passageway in the stomach or esophagus, said restriction device being designed to work like an artificial sphincter to allow food to readily pass through the passageway and operable to restrict the passageway sufficiently so as to substantially prevent regurgitation of stomach acids or foods into the patient'"'"'s 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 to prevent said restriction device, including to enlarge or contract the restricted passageway.
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Abstract
A heartburn and reflux disease treatment apparatus and method includes and uses an operable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the stomach close to the cardia or engaging the esophagus to form a restricted passageway 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, so that the released wireless energy is used in connection with the operation of the restriction device to enlarge or contract the passageway.
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1. A heartburn and reflux disease treatment apparatus, comprising:
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an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in a patient having heartburn and reflux disease to engage the esophagus or the stomach close to the cardia without forming an upper pouch of the stomach that substantially accumulates food to form a restricted food passageway in the stomach or esophagus, said restriction device being designed to work like an artificial sphincter to allow food to readily pass through the passageway and operable to restrict the passageway sufficiently so as to substantially prevent regurgitation of stomach acids or foods into the patient'"'"'s 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 to prevent said restriction device, including to enlarge or contract the restricted passageway. - 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 having heartburn and reflux disease, comprising:
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(a) surgically implanting in the human or animal an operable restriction device engaging the human'"'"'s or animal'"'"'s esophagus or stomach, close to the cardia, without forming an upper pouch of the stomach that substantially accumulates food to form a restricted food passageway in the stomach or esophagus, (b) providing a source of energy external to the human'"'"'s or animal'"'"'s body, and (c) controlling the external source of energy from outside the human'"'"'s or animal'"'"'s body to release wireless energy, (d) implanting in the human or animal an operation device, which can adjust the restricted food passageway in response to supplied energy, and (e) using the released wireless energy to activate the implanted operation device so as (i) to enlarge the restricted food passageway to allow food to readily pass therethrough into the human'"'"'s or animal'"'"'s stomach, or to allow the human or animal to regurgitate, or (ii) to restrict the restricted food passageway sufficiently so as to substantially prevent regurgitation of stomach acids and foods into the esophagus. - View Dependent Claims (141)
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142. A method of treating a human or animal having heartburn and reflux disease, comprising the steps of:
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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, so that the restriction device engages the esophagus or the stomach close to the cardia without forming an upper pouch of the stomach that substantially accumulates food to form a restricted food passageway 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 human'"'"'s or animal'"'"'s body to release wireless energy, and using the released wireless energy to operate the restriction device so as (i) to enlarge the restricted food passageway to allow food to readily pass therethrough into the human'"'"'s or animal'"'"'s stomach, or to allow the human or animal to regurgitate, or (ii) to restrict the restricted food passageway sufficiently so as to substantially prevent regurgitation of stomach acids and foods into the esophagus.
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143. A method of treating a human or animal having heartburn and reflux disease, comprising the steps of:
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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, implanting an operable restriction device in the dissected area, so that the restriction device engages the esophagus or the stomach close to the cardia without forming an upper pouch of the stomach that substantially accumulates food to form a restricted food passageway 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, transferring the wireless energy by the energy transfer device into energy different than the wireless, and using the transferred energy to operate the restriction device so as (i) to enlarge the restricted food passageway to allow food to readily pass therethrough into the human'"'"'s or animal'"'"'s stomach, or to allow the human or animal to regurgitate, or (ii) to restrict the restricted food passageway sufficiently so as to substantially prevent regurgitation of stomach acids and foods into the esophagus. - View Dependent Claims (144)
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