Stretching device
AssigneeImplantica Patent Ltd
InventorPeter Forsell
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Abstract
A medical device for actively stretching a stomach wall of a patient for creating a sensation of satiety. The medical device being implantable and comprising a first member configured to be fixated to a first portion of the stomach wall, a second member configured to be fixated to a second portion of the stomach wall, an operation device for operating the second member to displace the second member in a first direction relative to the first member, for stretching the stomach wall between the first and second portion.
Claims21
-21. (canceled)
An implantable medical device for exerting force on a portion of the body of the patient, the medical device comprising:
- a first member configured to engage a portion of the body of the patient, for exerting force,
- an operation device for operating the first member, wherein a portion of the operation device is placed in a remote unit configured to be placed at a remote location in the body of the patient, and
- a force transferring element configured to transfer force mechanically from the remote unit to the first member, for operating the first member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.