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US 11,684,502 B2Granted
Segmented gastrointestinal devices and methods of use thereof
AssigneeGI Dynamics, Inc.
InventorsScott Schorer, Chris Thompson
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Abstract
A gastrointestinal device and methods of use thereof for the treatment of metabolic disorders is provided. The gastrointestinal device features disintegrable sleeve configured to fit within a patient's duodenum and to carry fluid (e.g., liquid or semisolid material, for example, chyme and digestive secretions) from its proximal end to its distal end.
Claims19
A gastrointestinal device comprising a disintegrable sleeve comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the disintegrable sleeve configured to fit within the patient's duodenum and carry fluid from the proximal end to the distal end;
- wherein the disintegrable sleeve comprises a plurality of non-erodible segments connected by one or more erodible portions;
- wherein the one or more erodible portions and/or the plurality of non-erodible segments are polygonal;
- whereupon erosion of the one or more erodible portions, the plurality of non-erodible segments separate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.