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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2011
Mitchell H. Babkes, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Zachary Dominguez, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Christopher S. Mudd, Ventura, CA (US);
Craig Olroyd, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Jonathan Daugusta, Corona del Mar, CA (US);
Mitchell H. Babkes, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Zachary Dominguez, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Christopher S. Mudd, Ventura, CA (US);
Craig Olroyd, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Jonathan Daugusta, Corona del Mar, CA (US);
Apollo Endosurgery, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
An intragastric obesity treatment implant promotes a feeling of satiety in the patient by contacting the insides of the stomach wall, reducing the space in the stomach, or otherwise reducing the amount of food consumed. One intragastric obesity treatment implant two inflatable balloons coupled via a flow restrictor through which fluid may flow in response to peristaltic motions of a patient's stomach. Additionally, one implant comprises a pumping chamber coupled to a reservoir, where the pumping chamber moves stomach fluids into the reservoir in response to peristaltic motions of the patient's stomach.