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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2008
Filed:
May. 09, 2003
Thomas D. Egan, Marblehead, MA (US);
Thomas D. Egan, Marblehead, MA (US);
Gastrix Medical, LLC, Marblehead, MA (US);
Abstract
A device () for treatment of obesity of a patient comprises an annular element () having a relatively large outer boundary and a relatively small inner boundary, and an elongated flexible tube () extending from the relatively small inner boundary of the annular element to a distal end. The relatively large outer boundary is adapted to be attached to an inner wall of a stomach () of a patient, such that the annular element divides the stomach () into two chambers, an esophagus-end chamber close to an esophagus of the patient, and a pylorus-end chamber close to a pylorus of the patient. The invention also provides a method for treatment of obesity of a patient which includes inserting an annular element having a relatively large outer boundary and a relatively small inner boundary into a stomach of the patient, and attaching the relatively large outer boundary of the annular element to an inner circumference of the stomach of the patient.