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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Gi Dynamics, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Andres Chamorro, Ashland, MA (US);
Andy H. Levine, Newton, MA (US);
David A. Melanson, Hudson, NH (US);
Barry Maxwell, Spencer, MA (US);
Richard A. Gambale, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
Assignee:
GI Dynamics, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61F 5/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/0036 (2013.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61F 5/0076 (2013.01); A61F 5/0079 (2013.01); A61F 5/0089 (2013.01); A61F 2002/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gastrointestinal implant device () comprises a planar proximal element () configured to reside in a stomach to resist distal migration, a distal element () configured to reside in an intestine to resist proximal migration and one or more tethers () coupling the planar proximal element to the distal element.