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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2007
Joshua Makower, Los Altos, CA (US);
Steven Kim, Los Altos, CA (US);
Brian K. Shiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shuji Uemura, San Francisco, CA (US);
Pablo G. Acosta, Newark, CA (US);
Joshua Makower, Los Altos, CA (US);
Steven Kim, Los Altos, CA (US);
Brian K. Shiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shuji Uemura, San Francisco, CA (US);
Pablo G. Acosta, Newark, CA (US);
Vibsynt, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices, methods for treatment of obesity, as well as instruments and tools used in placing, adjusting and maintaining devices for treatment of obesity. Various embodiments of devices that are implanted extra-gastrically are provided. Various embodiments of devices that are implanted intra-gastrically are provided. Methods include laparoscopic, percutaneous and/or trans-oral methods. Alternatively, devices describe can generally also be implanted by open surgical procedures.