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Methods and apparatus for anchoring within the gastrointestinal tract

  • US 8,628,583 B2
  • Filed: 09/14/2012
  • Issued: 01/14/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of treatment comprising the steps of:

  • extending one end of an unsupported, flexible sleeve into the intestine of an animal body;

    attaching a terminal proximal end of the sleeve within the intestine of the animal using an anchor that includes a wave anchor in the duodenal bulb, the wave anchor forming a seal at the terminal proximal end of the sleeve, the seal being between the terminal proximal end of the sleeve and the intestine; and

    channeling chyme from the stomach into the intestine through the sleeve.

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