Method for treating reflux disease
OwnerPeter Forsellinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a reflux disease treatment apparatus, apparatus, comprising an implantable movement restriction device that maintains cardia in the correct position and an implantable stimulation device adapted to engage with the cardia sphincter of a patient. The invention further comprises a control device for controlling the stimulation device to stimulate the cardia sphincter. The invention can be combined with various methods for treating obesity, in particular methods that creates satiety by stretching the wall of the stomach or fills out a volume of the stomach.
Claims14
A method of treating a reflux disease in a patient by implanting a movement restriction device, the method comprising the steps of:
- affixing the stomach fundus wall to the patient's esophagus;
- introducing the movement restriction device into the body of the patient;
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- affixing the movement restriction device against the stomach fundus wall of the patient;
- thereby restricting movement of the cardiac notch of the patient's stomach in relation to the patient's diaphragm muscle, to thereby prevent the cardia from sliding through the patient's diaphragm opening into the patient's thorax.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.