Device, system and method for treating obesity
OwnerPeter Forsellinventor
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Abstract
An obesity treatment device is provided, the device comprising: at least one operable stretching device implantable in an obese patient and adapted to stretch a portion of the patient's stomach wall and an operation device for operating the stretching device when implanted to stretch the stomach wall portion such that satiety is created.
Claims6
1-171. (canceled)
A method of affecting the appetite of a human person using a stretching system comprising a stretching device and a control unit implanted in the human person, the stretching device being adapted to be non-invasively operated for actively stretching a portion of a stomach wall of the person, the method comprising the steps of:
- actively and non-invasively controlling, by a control unit implanted in the human person, the stretching device, to cause the stretching device to stretch a portion of the human person's stomach wall, via mechanical, pneumatic, and/or hydraulic action, such that the person's appetite is affected.
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