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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2010
Attila A. Priplata, Morristown, NJ (US);
Marc Graham, Somerville, MA (US);
Joseph P. Errico, Green Brook, NJ (US);
John T. Raffle, Austin, TX (US);
Jonathan David Gardiner, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
Attila A. Priplata, Morristown, NJ (US);
Marc Graham, Somerville, MA (US);
Joseph P. Errico, Green Brook, NJ (US);
John T. Raffle, Austin, TX (US);
Jonathan David Gardiner, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
E2 LLC, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides systems and methods for treating and/or controlling obesity and type II diabetes. In one aspect of the invention, a device for treating obesity includes a flow restrictor and an anchor coupled to the flow restrictor. The flow restrictor is movable between a first or collapsed configuration sized and shaped for endoscopic advancement through the patient's esophagus and into a distal region of the stomach and a second or operative configuration sized and shaped for inhibiting a flow of chyme from the stomach to the pyloric sphincter. It is believed that this will cause the prolongation of satiety, and result in fewer meals being eaten and/or smaller meals being ingested. The anchor is movable between a first or collapsed configuration sized and shaped for advancement through the esophagus, stomach and pyloric sphincter and into the proximal region of the duodenum and a second or operative configuration sized and shaped to inhibit proximal movement of the anchor through the pyloric sphincter.