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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
May. 16, 2019
Obalon Therapeutics, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Mark C. Brister, Encinitas, CA (US);
Nelson Quintana, San Diego, CA (US);
Kaushik A. Patel, Poway, CA (US);
Neil R. Drake, San Diego, CA (US);
Antonio C. Llevares, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Dubravka Markovic, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Andrew P. Rasdal, San Diego, CA (US);
Amy D. L. VandenBerg, San Diego, CA (US);
RESHAPE LIFESCIENCES INC., San Clemente, CA (US);
Abstract
An implant configured for ingestion by a patient. After the implant has been swallowed by the patient and is disposed within the target location, e.g. the patient's stomach, an inflation subcomponent causes the implant to expand from a compact delivery state to an expanded, volume-occupying, deployed state. In the deployed state the implant creates a sensation of satiety in the patient stomach and thereby aids in limiting food intake and obesity. After a predetermined time a deflation subcomponent is actuated and the implant reduces in size so as to allow it to pass through the remainder of the patient's digestive track. The device may further incorporate tracking and visualization subcomponents, as well as pharmaceutical delivery subcomponents.