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Gastric space filler device, delivery system, and related methods

  • US 9,283,102 B2
  • Filed: 03/29/2011
  • Issued: 03/15/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of delivering a gastric space filler device, the method comprising:

  • attaching a delivery system to a gastric space filler device by releasably coupling a docking clip of the delivery system to a docking notch at a proximal end of an infusing member of the gastric space filler device;

    delivering a guidewire through an esophagus to a stomach;

    after the delivery system is attached to the gastric space filler, guiding the gastric space filler device and the delivery system together over the guidewire to the stomach;

    inflating a space filler of the gastric space filler device with a fluid provided from the delivery system through an infusing lumen in the infusing member of the gastric space filler device;

    detaching the delivery system from the gastric space filler device by removing the docking clip from the docking notch; and

    removing the delivery system from the stomach without removing the gastric space filler device from the stomach.

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