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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2012
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Thomas E. Albrecht, Campbell, CA (US);
Mark S. Zeiner, Mason, OH (US);
Jason L Harris, Mason, OH (US);
Michael J. Stokes, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Mark S. Ortiz, Milford, OH (US);
Kevin D. Felder, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michele D'Arcangelo, Rome, IT;
James W. Voegele, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An endoluminal sleeve device for internally lining a section of the GI tract, comprises a sleeve configured for deployment inside a duodenum, the sleeve having walls of a flexible material defining a sleeve lumen, a proximal end defining a proximal lumen opening, and a distal end defining a distal lumen opening, an anchoring component having a slender transport configuration and a bulky deployed configuration, wherein the anchoring component is locatable at a distance from the proximal sleeve end and connected thereto by an elongated tether.