Food intake restriction with controlled wireless energy supply
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1. A food intake restriction apparatus for an obese patient, comprising:
- an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in the patient to engage the stomach or esophagus to form an upper pouch of the stomach and a restricted stoma opening in the stomach or esophagus, a source of energy external to the patient'"'"'s body, a control device operable from outside the patient'"'"'s body for releasing wireless energy from said source of energy for use in the operation of said restriction device to vary the restricted stoma opening, and an energy transfer device, adapted to be implanted in the patient, for transferring said wireless energy into a different form of energy useable by said operable restriction device.
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Abstract
A food intake restriction apparatus and method includes and uses an operable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the stomach or esophagus to form an upper pouch and a restricted stoma opening 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. The released wireless energy is used in connection with the operation of the restriction device, to enlarge it to allow food passage, or to contract it to substantially prevent food passage.
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145 Claims
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1. A food intake restriction apparatus for an obese patient, comprising:
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an operable restriction device adapted to be implanted in the patient to engage the stomach or esophagus to form an upper pouch of the stomach and a restricted stoma opening in the stomach or esophagus, a source of energy external to the patient'"'"'s body, a control device operable from outside the patient'"'"'s body for releasing wireless energy from said source of energy for use in the operation of said restriction device to vary the restricted stoma opening, and an energy transfer device, adapted to be implanted in the patient, for transferring said wireless energy into a different form of energy useable by said operable restriction device. - 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)
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139. A method of treating a human or animal suffering from morbid obesity, comprising:
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(a) surgically implanting in the human or animal an operable restriction device engaging the human'"'"'s or animal'"'"'s stomach, or esophagus, to form an upper pouch of the stomach and a restricted stoma opening in the stomach or esophagus, (b) providing a source of energy external to the patient'"'"'s body, (c) controlling the external source of energy from outside the patient'"'"'s body to release wireless energy, (d) transferring said wireless energy into a different form of energy usable by for operating said restriction device, and (e) using said different form of energy for operating the restriction device to vary the restricted stoma opening. - View Dependent Claims (140, 141, 142)
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143. A method of treating a human or animal suffering from morbid obesity, comprising the steps of:
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placing at least two laparoscopical 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 in engagement with the stomach or the esophagus to form a restricted stoma opening in the stomach or esophagus, providing an external source of energy outside the human'"'"'s or animal'"'"'s body, controlling said external source of energy from outside the patient'"'"'s body to release wireless energy, transferring said wireless energy into a different form of energy usable for operating said restriction device, and using said different form of energy for operating said restriction device to vary the restricted stoma opening.
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144. A method of treating a human or animal suffering from morbid obesity, 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 in engagement with the stomach or the esophagus to form a restricted stoma opening 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, and transferring the wireless energy by the energy transfer device into energy different than the wireless energy for operating the restriction device to vary the restricted stoma opening. - View Dependent Claims (145)
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