Artificial stomach
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1. An artificial stomach for replacing the normal stomach of a patient comprising:
- a food reservoir adapted to collect food,an inlet connected to a first opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to upstream connect to at least one of;
the patient'"'"'s esophagus and intestine, andan outlet connected to a second opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to downstream connect to the patient'"'"'s gastrointestinal tract,a servo reservoir for regulating the size of the food reservoir,wherein an outer wall encloses both the food reservoir and the servo reservoir the food reservoir and the servo reservoir being separated by a flexible inner wall, andwherein both a wall of the food reservoir and a wall of the servo reservoir comprise parts of the outer wall and the flexible inner wall.
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Abstract
An artificial stomach for replacing the normal stomach of a patient comprises a food reservoir adapted to collect food, an inlet connected to a first opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to upstream connect to the patient'"'"'s gastrointestinal tract, and an outlet connected to a second opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to downstream connect to the patient'"'"'s gastrointestinal tract.
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1. An artificial stomach for replacing the normal stomach of a patient comprising:
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a food reservoir adapted to collect food, an inlet connected to a first opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to upstream connect to at least one of;
the patient'"'"'s esophagus and intestine, andan outlet connected to a second opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to downstream connect to the patient'"'"'s gastrointestinal tract, a servo reservoir for regulating the size of the food reservoir, wherein an outer wall encloses both the food reservoir and the servo reservoir the food reservoir and the servo reservoir being separated by a flexible inner wall, and wherein both a wall of the food reservoir and a wall of the servo reservoir comprise parts of the outer wall and the flexible inner wall. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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4. An artificial stomach for replacing the normal stomach of a patient comprising:
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a food reservoir adapted to collect food, an inlet connected to a first opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to upstream connect to the patient'"'"'s gastrointestinal tract, an outlet connected to a second opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to downstream connect to the patient'"'"'s gastrointestinal tract, a servo reservoir for regulating the size of the food reservoir, an outer wall enclosing both the food reservoir and the servo reservoir, the food reservoir and the servo reservoir being separated by a flexible inner wall, both a wall of the food reservoir wall and a wall of the servo reservoir comprising parts of the outer wall and the flexible inner wall, wherein emptying of the food reservoir is directly or indirectly regulated by a gear construction driven by a motor, wherein a drive shaft connected to a servo system connected to the motor directly or indirectly affects the emptying of the food reservoir, and wherein the drive shaft comprises two ends comprising a thread, spiral ridges turning in different directions at the two ends, further comprising a nut placed on the shaft at each end of the drive shaft, the food reservoir comprising two movable walls of said reservoir, wherein said nuts is adapted to be placed onto said moving walls, the motor adapted to change the volume of said food reservoir, when turning said drive shaft placed into said nuts, by moving said movable walls.
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