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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2017
Bfkw, Llc, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Randal S. Baker, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Paul R. Kemmeter, Ada, MI (US);
James A. Foote, Ada, MI (US);
BFKW, LLC, Ada, MI (US);
Abstract
A bariatric device and method of causing at least partial satiety in a recipient includes positioning a body in a recipient, the body having a wall defining a lumen, the wall configured to generally conform to the shape and size of the proximal cardiac portion of the stomach. Force is exerted with the wall on the proximal cardiac portion of the stomach in the absence of food thereby activating receptors located in the proximal cardiac portion of the stomach, thereby influencing a neurohormonal feedback mechanism of the recipient to cause at least partial satiety by augmenting fullness caused by food and simulating fullness in the absence of food.