Food intake restriction with controlled wireless energy supply
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1. A food intake restriction apparatus, 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, anda control device operable from outside the patient'"'"'s body for releasing wireless energy from said source of energy, said released wireless energy transmitted to and used in connection with the physical operation of said 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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1. A food intake restriction apparatus, 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, and a control device operable from outside the patient'"'"'s body for releasing wireless energy from said source of energy, said released wireless energy transmitted to and used in connection with the physical operation of said 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, 139)
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