The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2016
Applicant:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Anthony N. Kalloo, Baltimore, MD (US);
Mouen A. Khashab, Towson, MD (US);
Darrin Kent, Murrieta, CA (US);
Peter D'Aquanni, Murrieta, CA (US);
Brett Hampton, Murrieta, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/0036 (2013.01); A61F 5/003 (2013.01); A61F 5/0089 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a low-risk, unobtrusive and noninvasive method and device for treatment of obesity and eating disorders. In embodiments, the device is a gastric device suitable for placement in a stomach of a subject. The device may be composed of a sponge material which absorbs fluid upon implantation and expands in volume, thereby functioning as a space occupying device in the stomach to cause early satiety.