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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2014
Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mahalaxmi Gita Bangera, Renton, WA (US);
William David Duncan, Mill Creek, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Wayne R. Kindsvogel, Seattle, WA (US);
Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Seattle, WA (US);
Elwha LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
A gastrointestinal device and methods of manufacturing said gastrointestinal device are described and include a flexible tubular structure including an inner surface and an outer surface, a plurality of at least one type of commensal microbe associated with at least a portion of at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface, and a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end and the distal end forming a flow conduit through the flexible tubular structure; and at least one anchor structure including one or more gastric wall-engaging components configured to engage a wall of the gastrointestinal tract of the subject.