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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
May. 28, 2009
Applicant:
Raj Nihalani, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventor:
Raj Nihalani, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Onclomed, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/00 (2006.01); A61F 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/08 (2006.01); A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/0063 (2013.01); A61F 5/0013 (2013.01); A61F 5/003 (2013.01); A61F 5/0083 (2013.01); A61B 18/08 (2013.01); A61B 18/20 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0043 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a gastric restraining device for treating excessive weight or obesity in mammals. The gastric restraining device includes an elastomeric sheet configured to be placed around a stomach of a mammal, an ablation device attached to the elastomeric sheet, the ablation device configured to emit energy toward an outer surface of the stomach when the elastomeric sheet is placed around the stomach, and an energy device coupled to the ablation device to generate the energy and to transfer the energy to the ablation device.