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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
May. 05, 2005
Jonathan Kagan, Hopkins, MN (US);
Mitchell Dann, Wilson, WY (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, WY (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
The present invention provides devices and methods for attachment of an endoluminal gastrointestinal device, such as an artificial stoma device, a gastrointestinal bypass sleeve device or an attachment cuff, within a patient's digestive tract for treatment of obesity.