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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2007
Joshua Makower, Los Altos, CA (US);
Theodore M. Bender, Oakland, CA (US);
Brian K. Shiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Pablo G. Acosta, Newark, CA (US);
Shuji Uemura, San Francisco, CA (US);
Josef L. Friedmann, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Crystine Lee, Vallejo, CA (US);
Joshua Makower, Los Altos, CA (US);
Theodore M. Bender, Oakland, CA (US);
Brian K. Shiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Pablo G. Acosta, Newark, CA (US);
Shuji Uemura, San Francisco, CA (US);
Josef L. Friedmann, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Crystine Lee, Vallejo, CA (US);
Vibrynt, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, devices, tools and assemblies for treating a patient to effect weight loss. One method embodiment involves passing a device including an expandable member in a collapsed configuration and a buoyancy member through an opening in the skin of a patient and into the abdominal cavity of the patient, and anchoring at least a portion of the expandable member, relative to at least one structure in the abdominal cavity. Devices including at least one expandable member and at least one buoyancy member are provided.