Bariatric Device and Method
AssigneeCapsforall LLC
InventorMuhammad Sami Ismail
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Abstract
A bariatric device and procedure configured to control the amount of food and nutrients entering a person's duodenum and reduce the weight of the person, in one aspect, comprises a gastrostomy tube having a proximal end and a distal end; a feeding tube assembly, said assembly including a feeding tube having a proximal end and a distal end; a gastrostomy tube anchor for securing the distal end of said gastrostomy tube inside the stomach; and a first feeding tube anchor designed to be expanded after the pyloric sphincter so as to anchor the distal end of said feeding tube in the duodenum.
Claims28
A bariatric device, comprising:
- (a) a gastrostomy tube having a proximal end and a distal end;
- (b) a feeding tube assembly, said assembly including a feeding tube having a proximal end and a distal end;
- (c) a gastrostomy tube anchor attached to said gastrostomy tube and designed to be expanded inside a person's stomach at the stomach wall to secure the distal end of said gastrostomy tube inside the stomach;
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- (d) a first feeding tube anchor means attached to said feeding tube assembly, said first feeding tube anchor designed to be expanded after a person's pyloric sphincter so as to secure the distal end of the feeding tube in a person's duodenum.
A bariatric device, comprising:
- (a) a gastrostomy tube having a proximal end and a distal end;
- (b) a feeding tube assembly at least partially nested within said gastrostomy tube, said assembly having a proximal end and a distal end and including a feeding tube and first and second balloon inflation tubes;
- (c) a gastrostomy balloon attached to said gastrostomy tube and designed to be inflated and anchor the proximal end of said gastrostomy tube inside a person's stomach wall;
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- (d) first and second feeding tube balloons in communication with said first and second balloon inflation tubes, said first and second balloons designed to be inflated on either side of a person's pyloric sphincter and anchor the distal end of said feeding tube in a person's duodenum.
A feeding tube device, comprising a feeding tube having a proximal end and a distal end, a first balloon inflation tube, and a first feeding tube balloon in communication with said first balloon inflation tube, said first balloon designed to be inflated after a person's pyloric sphincter so as to anchor the distal end of said feeding tube in a person's duodenum.
A gastrostomy tube suitable for receiving a feeding tube assembly, comprising a proximal and a distal end, a sidewall, and a tube support channel on or in the sidewall for receiving said feeding tube assembly, and further comprising a gastrostomy tube anchor attached to said gastrostomy tube and designed to be expanded inside a person's stomach at the stomach wall to secure the distal end of said gastrostomy tube inside the stomach.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.