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US 8,070,743 B2Granted
Devices and methods for attaching an endolumenal gastrointestinal implant
AssigneeValenTx, Inc.
InventorsJonathan Kagan, Mitchell Dann, Lee Guterman, Joshua Butters, Paul Swain, T. Wade Fallin, Thomas Baldwin
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Abstract
The present invention provides devices and methods for attachment of an endoluminal gastrointestinal device, such as an artificial stoma device, a gastrointestinal bypass sleeve device or an attachment cuff, within a patient's digestive tract for treatment of obesity.
Claims17
A method of adjusting therapy in a patient, comprising the steps of:
- identifying a patient with an implanted first gastrointestinal bypass tube having a first length, the first bypass tube releasably connected to a support which is attached to tissue in the vicinity of the gastroesophageal junction;
- separating the first bypass tube from the support and removing the first bypass tube from the patient after separating the first bypass tube from the support;
- providing a second bypass tube, having a second length which is different than the first length;
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- attaching the second bypass tube to the support.
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