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US 2016/0235569 A1Published application
Implantable device to treat obesity
AssigneeInstitut Hospitalo-Universitaire De Chirurgie Mini-Invasive Guidee Par L'image
InventorsMichele DIANA, Peter HALVAX, Fernand MARTEL, Bruno MUTET, Lee SWANSTROM
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Abstract
An implantable device to treat obesity and a method of using the same, the device (31) is able to create a repetitive mechanical constraint on a gastrointestinal organ wall and includes: an energy source (36), and a mechanical stimulation element (35).
Claims21
1-23. (canceled)
An implantable device to treat obesity, said device (31) being able to create a mechanical constraint on a gastrointestinal organ wall and comprising:
- an energy source (36, 92),
- a mechanical stimulation means (35), wherein the device (31) is adapted to create a repetitive mechanical constraint by cyclic deformation of the mechanical stimulation means (35),
- wherein the shape and size of constitutive components of said device (31), or at least of some of them, are adapted for inserted mounting within the wall (28) of a gastrointestinal organ, and
- wherein the mechanical stimulation means (35), or at least its part(s) or component(s) (33;
- 92;
- 44) providing the repetitive mechanical constraint, has(have) a given surface extension, able to cover a substantial part of the wall (28), the considered means or component(s) having also a relative stiffness when not activated.
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