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Ingestible implement for weight control

  • US 8,389,003 B2
  • Filed: 03/29/2007
  • Issued: 03/05/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An orally administrable implement for expanding in a stomach of an animal, including a mammal, to fill a space in the stomach, comprising:

  • (a) a carrier;

    (b) at least one fluid-permeable expandable container having a first size and a second size;

    (c) a plurality of clusters contained within each container, each cluster comprising a swellable material and each cluster being capable of swelling when contacted with a fluid to expand each container from a first size to a second size; and

    (d) a coupler for releasably coupling the at least one expandable container to the carrier;

    whereby after a desired amount of time the plurality of clusters are individually released from each container in the stomach to now pass through the pylorus.

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