Satiation devices and methods
First Claim
1. A method of inducing weight loss in a patient having an esophagus, a stomach, and an intestine, the method comprising the steps of:
- passing in a distal direction an obesity-controlling prosthesis through the esophagus and into the stomach, the prosthesis comprising an elongate sleeve having an upstream opening and a downstream opening;
coupling the prosthesis within the stomach with the upstream opening in the proximal stomach; and
positioning the downstream opening within the intestine.
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Abstract
A device for inducing weight loss in a patient includes a tubular prosthesis self-expandable from a collapsed position in which the prosthesis has a first diameter to an expanded position in which the prosthesis has a second, larger, diameter. In a method for inducing weight loss, the prosthesis is placed in the collapsed position and inserted into a stomach of a patient. The prosthesis is allowed to self-expand from the collapsed position to the expanded position and into contact with the walls of the stomach, where it induces feelings of satiety and/or inhibits modulation of satiety-controlling factors such as Ghrelin.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of inducing weight loss in a patient having an esophagus, a stomach, and an intestine, the method comprising the steps of:
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passing in a distal direction an obesity-controlling prosthesis through the esophagus and into the stomach, the prosthesis comprising an elongate sleeve having an upstream opening and a downstream opening; coupling the prosthesis within the stomach with the upstream opening in the proximal stomach; and positioning the downstream opening within the intestine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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