Bariatric device and method
AssigneeCapsforall LLC
InventorMuhammad Sami Ismail
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Abstract
A bariatric device and procedure configured to control the amount of food and nutrients entering a person's duodenum and reduce the weight of the person, in one aspect, comprises a gastrostomy tube having a proximal end and a distal end; a feeding tube assembly, said assembly including a feeding tube having a proximal end and a distal end; a gastrostomy tube anchor for securing the distal end of said gastrostomy tube inside the stomach; and a first feeding tube anchor designed to be expanded after the pyloric sphincter so as to anchor the distal end of said feeding tube in the duodenum.
Claims22
A bariatric device, comprising:
- a gastrostomy tube having a proximal end and a distal end, a protrusion on the proximal end, a support channel, an outside wall, and an anchor;
- a feeding tube assembly, said assembly including a feeding tube with a proximal end and a distal end;
- the gastrostomy tube anchor further comprising a gastrostomy balloon attached to said gastrostomy tube, wherein the gastrostomy balloon is designed to be expanded against the inside of a person's stomach at the stomach wall to secure the distal end of said gastrostomy tube inside the stomach by pressing against the protrusion on the proximal end of said gastrostomy tube outside the person's abdominal wall;
- the support channel of the gastrostomy tube configured to accommodate the feeding tube at least partially nested in the outside wall of the gastrostomy tube;
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- a first feeding tube anchor attached to said feeding tube assembly, said first feeding tube anchor designed to be expanded after a person's pyloric sphincter so as to secure the distal end of the feeding tube in a person's duodenum;
- wherein, when the feeding tube is in the support channel, the gastrostomy tube and the feeding tube pass through the gastrostomy balloon, which gastrostomy balloon is configured to constrict the support channel and hold the feeding tube against the gastrostomy tube when the gastrostomy balloon is inflated.
A bariatric device, comprising:
- a gastrostomy tube having a proximal end and a distal end, a support channel, an outside wall, and a gastrostomy balloon;
- a feeding tube assembly at least partially nested within said gastrostomy tube, said feeding tube assembly having a proximal end and a distal end and including a feeding tube and first and second balloon inflation tubes;
- the gastrostomy balloon attached to said gastrostomy tube and designed to be inflated and anchor the distal end of said gastrostomy tube inside a person's stomach wall against the proximal end of said gastrostomy tube outside a person's abdominal wall;
- the support channel of the gastrostomy tube configured to accommodate the feeding tube inset on the outside wall of the gastrostomy tube and configured to act as a lock on the feeding tube when the gastrostomy balloon is inflated with the feeding tube inside the support channel of the gastrostomy tube;
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- first and second feeding tube balloons in communication with said first and second balloon inflation tubes, said first and second balloons designed to be inflated on either side of a person's pyloric sphincter and anchor the distal end of said feeding tube in a person's duodenum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.