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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2005
Roger DE LA Torre, Wentzville, MO (US);
J. Stephen Scott, St. Charles, MO (US);
Thomas A. Howell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
George D. Hermann, Portola Valley, CA (US);
David Shields, Woodside, CA (US);
Robert T. Chang, Belmont, CA (US);
Neil Holmgren, Alameda, CA (US);
David Willis, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Roger de la Torre, Wentzville, MO (US);
J. Stephen Scott, St. Charles, MO (US);
Thomas A. Howell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
George D. Hermann, Portola Valley, CA (US);
David Shields, Woodside, CA (US);
Robert T. Chang, Belmont, CA (US);
Neil Holmgren, Alameda, CA (US);
David Willis, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Satiety, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A space occupying device for deployment within a patient's stomach and methods of deploying and removing the device. The device includes an expandable member and fasteners, such as sutures, that extend to least partially through the patient's stomach wall, and that anchor the device with the patient's stomach. The device can be deployed and/or removed through transesophageal approaches and/or through a combination of transesophageal and transabdominal approaches.