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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Fulfillium, Inc., Napa, CA (US);
Inventors:
Richard D. Y. Chen, Napa, CA (US);
Craig A. Johanson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher S. Jones, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Reinhold H. Dauskardt, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Mark B. Taub, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fulfillium, Inc., Napa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61M 29/02 (2006.01); A61F 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/0033 (2013.01); A61F 5/0036 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0002 (2013.01); A61F 2250/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, a gastric balloon structure includes multiple isolated non-concentric inflatable chambers and a valve system for introducing fluid into each chamber, where the structure assumes, upon inflating, a curved shape conforming to a natural three-dimensional kidney shape of the gastric cavity.