Apparatus for treating GERD
OwnerPeter Forsellinventor
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Abstract
An implantable device for the treatment of acid reflux disease has a body including an outer surface adapted to rest against a patient's fundus wall. The device, when implanted in the patient, fills a volume in the patient's abdomen in the cardia area and above the cardia of the patient, when standing. The body prevents the cardia from moving through the diaphragm opening into the thorax, thereby preventing reflux by keeping the abdominal pressure supporting the cardia sphincter muscle. The device may be affixed to stomach tissue. The device may also be invaginated or otherwise indirectly secured in position.
Claims14
A method of treating a reflux disease in a patient by implanting a movement restriction device, the method comprising the steps of:
- affixing a stomach fundus wall of the patient to the patient's esophagus;
- introducing the movement restriction device into the body of the patient;
- placing the movement restriction device against the stomach fundus wall of the patient on an inside of the stomach fundus wall of the patient;
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- creating a pouch from stomach fundus wall tissue of the patient and invaginating the movement restriction device in said pouch to thereby fully enclose the movement restriction device in the pouch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.