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US 11,000,396 B2Granted
Transpyloric anchoring
AssigneeGI Dynamics, Inc.
InventorsAndres Chamorro, III, Andy H. Levine, David A. Melanson, Barry Maxwell, Richard A. Gambale
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Abstract
A gastrointestinal implant device (2800) comprises a planar proximal element (220) configured to reside in a stomach to resist distal migration, a distal element (222) configured to reside in an intestine to resist proximal migration and one or more tethers (224) coupling the planar proximal element to the distal element.
Claims3
A method of removing a gastrointestinal implant, the method comprising:
- severing one or more tethers that couples a planar proximal element of the gastrointestinal implant in a stomach with a distal element of the gastrointestinal implant in an intestine;
- with a catheter, removing the planar proximal element proximally out of the stomach through a mouth;
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- with a grasper on a distal end of the catheter, grasping a drawstring to remove the distal element proximally out of the intestine, though the stomach and out of the mouth.
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