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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2007
Michael S. Williams, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Daniel W. Fifer, Windsor, CA (US);
Geoffrey A. Orth, Sebastopol, CA (US);
Jeffrey A. Smith, Petaluma, CA (US);
Richard A. Glenn, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
William L. Athas, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Richard S. Stack, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Michael S. Williams, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Daniel W. Fifer, Windsor, CA (US);
Geoffrey A. Orth, Sebastopol, CA (US);
Jeffrey A. Smith, Petaluma, CA (US);
Richard A. Glenn, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
William L. Athas, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Richard S. Stack, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Barosense, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
An intestinal implant includes a proximal anchor self-expandable from a radially compressed position to a radially expandable position for engagement with a wall of the intestinal lumen and a flexible sleeve coupled to the anchor. The sleeve is implanted with the anchor downstream from the pylorus and the sleeve extending further downstream through the intestinal lumen.