Food intake restriction with energy transfer device
First Claim
1. A food intake restriction apparatus for an obese patient, comprising:
- an energy transmission device for wireless transmission of energy of a first form from outside the patient'"'"'s body;
an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in the patient to engage the stomach or the esophagus to form an upper small pouch of the stomach and a restricted stoma opening in the stomach or esophagus, said restriction device operable in response to a second energy form different than the first form energy to vary the restricted stoma; and
an energy transfer device adapted to be implanted in the patient for transferring energy of the first form transmitted by said energy transmission device into energy of the second form, wherein said energy transfer device comprises at least one element having a positive region and a negative region, and creating an energy field between said positive and negative regions when exposed to the first form energy transmitted by said energy transmission device, so that said energy field produces the energy of the second form.
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Abstract
A food intake restriction apparatus and method for an obese patient includes and uses an energy transmission device for wireless transmission of energy of a first form from outside the patient'"'"'s body. An operable restriction device is implanted in the patient and engages the stomach or the esophagus to form an upper small pouch of the stomach, and a restricted stoma opening is formed in the stomach or esophagus. The restriction device is operable in response to a second energy form different than the first form to vary the restricted stoma. An energy transfer device is implanted in the patient for transferring energy of the first form transmitted by the energy transmission device into energy of the second form. The energy transfer device includes at least one element having a positive region and a negative region, and creating an energy field between the positive and negative regions when exposed to the first form energy transmitted by the energy transmission device, so that the energy field produces the energy of the second form.
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114 Claims
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1. A food intake restriction apparatus for an obese patient, comprising:
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an energy transmission device for wireless transmission of energy of a first form from outside the patient'"'"'s body;
an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in the patient to engage the stomach or the esophagus to form an upper small pouch of the stomach and a restricted stoma opening in the stomach or esophagus, said restriction device operable in response to a second energy form different than the first form energy to vary the restricted stoma; and
an energy transfer device adapted to be implanted in the patient for transferring energy of the first form transmitted by said energy transmission device into energy of the second form, wherein said energy transfer device comprises at least one element having a positive region and a negative region, and creating an energy field between said positive and negative regions when exposed to the first form energy transmitted by said energy transmission device, so that said energy field produces the energy of the second form. - 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, 110, 111, 112)
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107. A food intake restriction apparatus for an obese patient, comprising:
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an energy transmission device for wireless transmission of energy of a first form from outside the patient'"'"'s body;
an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in the patient to engage the stomach or the esophagus to form an upper small pouch of the stomach and a restricted stoma opening in the stomach or esophagus, said restriction device operable in response to a second energy form different than the first form energy to vary the restricted stoma; and
an energy transfer device adapted to be implanted in the patient for transferring energy of the first form transmitted by said energy transmission device into energy of the second form, wherein said energy transfer device comprises at least one semiconductor circuitry creating an energy field when exposed to the first form energy transmitted by said energy transmission device, and said energy field provides the second form energy.
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108. A food intake restriction apparatus for an obese patient, comprising:
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an energy transmission device for wireless transmission of energy of a first form from outside the patient'"'"'s body;
an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in the patient to engage the stomach or the esophagus to form an upper small pouch of the stomach and a restricted stoma opening in the stomach or esophagus, said restriction device operable in response to a second energy form different than the first form energy to vary the restricted stoma; and
an energy transfer device adapted to be implanted in the patient for transferring energy of the first form transmitted by said energy transmission device into energy of the second form, wherein said energy transfer device comprises at least one transistor circuitry creating an energy field when exposed to the first form energy transmitted by said energy transmission device, and said energy field provides the second form energy.
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109. A food intake restriction apparatus for an obese patient, comprising:
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an energy transmission device for wireless transmission of energy of a first form from outside the patient'"'"'s body;
an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in the patient to engage the stomach or the esophagus to form an upper small pouch of the stomach and a restricted stoma opening in the stomach or esophagus, said restriction device operable in response to a second energy form different than the first form energy to vary the restricted stoma; and
an energy transfer device adapted to be implanted in the patient for transferring energy of the first form transmitted by said energy transmission device into energy of the second form;
wherein said energy transfer device comprises at least one microchip creating an energy field when exposed to the first form energy transmitted by said energy transmission device, and said energy field provides the second form energy.
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113. A laparoscopic surgical method of implanting in a patient a food intake restriction apparatus, comprising the steps of:
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a) placing at least two laparoscopic cannula within the patient'"'"'s body, b) using a dissecting tool inserted through the laparoscopic trocar, dissecting the region of the esophagus or stomach, c) introducing the restriction device through the trocar, d) placing a restriction device of the apparatus in engagement with the esophagus or the upper part of the stomach to create an upper pouch of the stomach and a restricted stoma opening, e) implanting in the patient an energy transfer device of the apparatus including at least one element having a positive region and a negative region, and creating an energy field between the positive and negative regions when exposed to wireless energy of a first form, f) exposing the at least one element to the first form energy so that the energy field created between the positive and negative regions produces energy of a second form different than the first form energy, and g) operating the restriction device with the second form energy produced by the energy transfer device to vary the restricted stoma opening. - View Dependent Claims (114)
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