Devices and methods for altering eating behaviour
AssigneeSvip 2 LLC
InventorsTidhar Shalon, Guy Kotlisky
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Abstract
A device for modifying an eating behavior of a subject is provided. The device includes a device body which is attachable to GI tract tissue of a subject and functions in altering an eating behavior thereof.
Claims21
A device for modifying an eating behavior of a subject comprising a non-inflatable device body attachable in or through tissue of a stomach via a tether, said device body and tether being sized and configured such that at least a portion of said device body is capable of going into a pyloric opening when attached in or through said tissue of said stomach via said tether.
A method of altering eating behavior of a subject comprising:
- (a) providing a device body configured for partially blocking a duodenum or pylorus and being attached to one end of a tether,
- (b) selecting a length of said tether to enable at least a portion of said device body to shuttle between said duodenum and said stomach when anchored in or through a tissue region of a stomach, and
- (c) anchoring a second end of said tether in or through said tissue region of said stomach.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.