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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
May. 09, 2006
Jonathan Kagan, Hopkins, MN (US);
Mitchell Dann, Wilson, NY (US);
Lee Guterman, Amherst, NY (US);
Joshua Butters, Chandler, AZ (US);
Paul Swain, London, GB;
T. Wade Fallin, Hyde Park, UT (US);
Thomas Baldwin, Amalga, UT (US);
Jonathan Kagan, Hopkins, MN (US);
Mitchell Dann, Wilson, NY (US);
Lee Guterman, Amherst, NY (US);
Joshua Butters, Chandler, AZ (US);
Paul Swain, London, GB;
T. Wade Fallin, Hyde Park, UT (US);
Thomas Baldwin, Amalga, UT (US);
ValenTx, Inc., Carpinteria, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method of treating a patient, that includes providing a gastrointestinal sleeve device having an elongate tubular body, with a proximal opening and a distal opening; and positioning the gastrointestinal sleeve device in the patient's digestive tract such that the proximal opening of the tubular body is positioned at the native gastroesophageal junction to receive ingested food and liquids from the patient's esophagus and the distal opening of the tubular body is positioned in the patient's jejunum. The tubular body can then be attached near its proximal opening to the patient at the native gastroesophageal junction.