Floating gastrointestinal anchor
AssigneeSpatz-Fgia, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey S. Brooks, Eran Hirszowicz
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Abstract
Apparatus is provided for use in a stomach of a subject. The apparatus includes a gastric balloon and an anchor coupled to the gastric balloon. The anchor includes a flexible tube, which, when in a relaxed position, is shaped so as to define a portion that prevents the anchor from passing into a duodenum of the subject. The anchor also includes one or more shape-controlling elements coupled to the portion and configured to control a shape of the portion. Other embodiments are also described.
Claims25
1-26. (canceled)
Apparatus for use in a stomach of a subject, the apparatus comprising a gastric balloon and an anchor coupled to the gastric balloon, the anchor comprising:
- a flexible tube, which, when in a relaxed position, is shaped so as to define a portion that prevents the anchor from passing into a duodenum of the subject;
- and
- one or more shape-controlling elements coupled to the portion and configured to control a shape of the portion.
A method comprising:
- providing a gastric balloon and an anchor coupled to the gastric balloon, the anchor including (a) a flexible tube, which, when in a relaxed position, is shaped so as to define a portion that prevents the anchor from passing into a duodenum of a subject, and (b) one or more shape-controlling elements coupled to the portion and configured to control a shape of the portion;
- inserting the gastric balloon and the anchor into a stomach of the subject, while the flexible tube is straightened;
- and
- allowing the flexible tube to assume its relaxed position in the stomach, such that the portion prevents the anchor from passing into the duodenum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.