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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
David E. Silverman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alan Stein, Bellingham, WA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/0069 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/12 (2013.01); A61B 17/12099 (2013.01); A61B 17/12186 (2013.01); A61F 5/0079 (2013.01); A61F 5/0083 (2013.01); A61F 5/0086 (2013.01); A61B 17/00491 (2013.01); A61B 17/04 (2013.01); A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/064 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00827 (2013.01); A61F 2/0036 (2013.01); A61F 2002/044 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for treating morbid obesity in a body of a mammal having a gastrointestinal tract extending through a stomach and a pyloric sphincter and a wall forming the stomach and pyloric sphincter. At least one implant is formed in the wall in the vicinity of the pyloric sphincter to inhibit emptying of the stomach.