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Devices and methods for gastrointestinal bypass

  • US 9,675,489 B2
  • Filed: 06/26/2014
  • Issued: 06/13/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A gastrointestinal bypass device, comprising:

  • a gastrointestinal cuff configured to be at least partially positioned in an esophagus; and

    a gastrointestinal sleeve coupled to the cuff, the sleeve having a flexible tube configured to be at least partially positioned in a stomach and a small intestine;

    wherein the cuff and the sleeve are configured to allow a bypassed portion of food to be bypassed past the stomach and into the small intestine, and wherein the cuff and/or the sleeve include one or more side wall openings configured to allow a nonbypassed portion of food to pass through the openings and into the stomach.

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