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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
May. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Allurion Technologies, Inc., Wellesley, MA (US);
Inventors:
Shantanu K. Gaur, Canonsburg, PA (US);
Samuel G. Levy, Columbus, OH (US);
Jonathan Wecker, Weston, MA (US);
Bruce A. Horwitz, Newton, MA (US);
Jinyoung Daniel Gwak, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Allurion Techologies, Inc., Wellesley, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61F 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/003 (2013.01); A61F 5/0036 (2013.01); A61F 5/0089 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, devices and systems for delivering a device assembly into a gastric or other space within the body, allowing the device to expand to occupy volume within the gastric space and, after an effective period of time, delivering a substance or stimulus to begin breakdown of the expanded device so that it may release from the body.