Apparatus for treating obesity
OwnerPeter Forsellinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for treating obesity of an obese patient having a stomach with a food cavity, the apparatus comprising at least one volume filling device adapted to be at least substantially invaginated by a stomach wall portion of the patient. The volume filling device is adapted to be placed inside the stomach wall with the outer surface of the volume filling device resting against the inside of the stomach wall, such that the volume of the food cavity is reduced in size by a volume substantially exceeding the volume of the volume filling device, the volume filling device having a maximum circumference of at least 30 millimeters.
Claims22
An apparatus for treating obesity of an obese patient having a stomach with a food cavity, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one volume filling device having a size, when implanted and in function, allowing it to be at least partly invaginated by a stomach wall;
- an implantable reservoir;
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- an implantable control unit for non-invasively and post operatively controlling an adjustment of a volume of the at least one volume filling device by moving a fluid between the implantable reservoir and the at least one volume filling device;
- wherein the implantable reservoir is adapted to provide a sufficient amount of fluid for affecting the volume of the at least one volume filling device to an extent having an effect on the patient's obesity,
- wherein the control unit comprises at least one of;
- a wireless remote control, and
- a subcutaneously placed switch adapted to control the at least one volume filling device non-invasively from outside of the patient's body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.