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US 2018/0008446 A1Published application
Intragastric device
AssigneeObalon Therapeutics, Inc.
InventorsMark C. Brister, Paul D. Faucher, Neil R. Drake, Andrew P. Rasdal, Matthew S. Lake, Dubravka Markovic, Amy D.L. VandenBerg, Antonio C. Llevares, Josefina Nider
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Abstract
Devices and methods for treating obesity are provided. More particularly, intragastric devices and methods of fabricating, deploying, inflating, monitoring, and retrieving the same are provided.
Claims21
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An intragastric volume-occupying device system, comprising:
- a) a capsule configured to be swallowable by normal peristalsis and to degrade in a gastric environment;
- b) a volume-occupying component compacted and contained within the capsule, the volume-occupying component comprising:
- i) a composite wall defining an outer surface and an interior cavity with an inner surface,
- ii) a self-sealing valve system including a septum, and
- iii) a deflation component including an erodible portion, a moisture absorbing expandable portion and an inlet port in fluid communication with the interior cavity;
- c) a catheter coupled to the valve system, the catheter comprising:
- i) a lumen in fluid communication with the interior cavity of the volume-occupying component, wherein the lumen is configured for filling the balloon interior cavity with an inflation fluid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.